The association between temperature and alcohol- and substance-related disorder hospital visits in New York State.
Robbie M ParksSebastian T RowlandVivian DoAmelia K BoehmeFrancesca DominiciCarl L HartMarianthi-Anna KioumourtzoglouPublished in: Communications medicine (2023)
Our work highlights how hospital visits from alcohol- and substance-related disorders are currently impacted by elevated temperatures and could be further affected by rising temperatures resulting from climate change. Enhanced social infrastructure and health system interventions could mitigate these impacts.