Impact of Extreme Heat Days on Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Among Members of a Large National Payor

Poster Number: P143
Presentation Time: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Abstract Keywords: Environmental Health and Climate Informatics, Population Health, Real-World Evidence Generation
Primary Track: Applications
Programmatic Theme: Public Health Informatics

An informatics-informed evaluation leveraging a rich foundation of medical claims, third-party weather data, and advanced analytics was used to characterize extreme heat events from 2022 to 2023 and associated increases in healthcare utilization and related-expenditures of ~5 – 10% among members of a large national payor residing across the United States.

Speaker(s):
Amanda Zaleski, PhD
Aetna

Author(s):
Amanda Zaleski, PhD - Aetna; Annie Laurie Hines, PhD - CVS Health; Kelly Craig, PhD - CVS Health; Samrat Kulkarni, MS - CVS Health; Eric Simoni, MBA - CVS Health; Dorothea Verbrugge, MD - CVS Health; Eric Hamilton, MS - CVS Health; Daniel Knecht, M.D., M.B.A. - CVS Health;