Understanding current and projected emergency department presentations and associated healthcare costs in a changing thermal climate in Adelaide, South Australia

Conclusions
Projected climate change is likely to increase heat-attributable emergency presentations and the associated costs in Adelaide. Planning health service resources to meet these changes will be necessary as part of broader risk mitigation strategies and public health adaptation actions.

Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 12, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Wondmagegn, B. Y., Xiang, J., Dear, K., Williams, S., Hansen, A., Pisaniello, D., Nitschke, M., Nairn, J., Scalley, B., Xiao, A., Jian, L., Tong, M., Bambrick, H., Karnon, J., Bi, P. Tags: Environment Source Type: research