Effects of temperature and heat waves on emergency department visits and emergency ambulance dispatches in Pudong New Area China: a time series analysis

摘要

BackgroundIn July 2013, an extended heat episode with extreme high temperature covered Pudong New Area, the largest district in Shanghai. The current study estimates the impacts of temperature and heat waves on emergency department visits (EDV) and emergency ambulance dispatches (EAD) using time-series approaches in Pudong, from 2011 to 2013.