TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Using Medicare data to identify individuals who are electricity dependent to improve disaster preparedness and response
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - DeSalvo, Karen
A1  - Lurie, Nicole
A1  - Finne, Kristen
A1  - Worrall, Chris
A1  - Bogdanov, Alina
A1  - Dinkler, Ayame
A1  - Babcock, Sarah
A1  - Kelman, Jeffrey
SP  - 1160
EP  - 1164
VL  - 104
IS  - 7
N2  - During a disaster or prolonged power outage, individuals who use electricity-dependent medical equipment are often unable to operate it and seek care in acute care settings or local shelters. Public health officials often report that they do not have proactive and systematic ways to rapidly identify and assist these individuals. In June 2013, we piloted a first-in-the-nation emergency preparedness drill in which we used Medicare claims data to identify individuals with electricity-dependent durable medical equipment during a disaster and securely disclosed it to a local health department. We found that Medicare claims data were 93% accurate in identifying individuals using a home oxygen concentrator or ventilator. The drill findings suggest that claims data can be useful in improving preparedness and response for electricity-dependent populations. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 15, 2014: e1-e5. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302009).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302009
ID  - ref1
ER  -