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DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
卷 3, 期 3, 页码 174-182出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181b66ae4
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- NIMHD NIH HHS [5P20MD002314-01, P20 MD002314] Funding Source: Medline
- OMH OASH HHS [US2MP002001] Funding Source: Medline
This study sought to elicit challenges and solutions in the provision of health care to those with chronic diseases after Hurricane Katrina in coastal Alabama and Mississippi. In-depth interviews with 30 health and social service providers (key informants) and 4 focus groups with patients with chronic diseases were conducted. Subsequently an advisory panel of key informants was convened. Findings were summarized and key informants submitted additional feedback. The chronic diseases identified as medical management priorities by key informants were mental health, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, respiratory illness, end-stage renal disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. The most frequently mentioned barrier to providing care was maintaining continuity of medications. Contributing factors were inadequate information (inaccessible medical records, poor patient knowledge) and financial constraints. Implemented or suggested solutions included relaxation of insurance limitations preventing advance prescription refills; better predisaster patient education to improve medical knowledge; promotion of personal health records; support for information technology systems at community health centers, in particular electronic medical records; improved allocation of donated medications/medical supplies (centralized coordination, decentralized distribution); and networking between local responders and external aid. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009; 3: 174-182)
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