Using medicare data to identify individuals who are electricity dependent to improve disaster preparedness and response

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1160-1164

  DeSalvo, Karen ^a   Lurie, Nicole ^b   Finne, Kristen ^b   Worrall, Chris ^b   Bogdanov, Alina ^c   Dinkler, Ayame ^a   Babcock, Sarah ^a   Kelman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a City of New Orleans Health Department   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Acumen LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902687613     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302009     Document Type: Review

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