Increase in avoidable hospital admissions after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Yusuke SasabuchiHiroki MatsuiHideo YasunagaKiyohide Fushimi

Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2016)

Preventable and chronic ACSCs may have increased just after the earthquake and then immediately decreased. However, avoidable admissions due to acute ACSCs remained high in the long term after the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Keyphrases

liver failure
drug induced
respiratory failure
emergency department
acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
electronic health record