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Mortality risk within counterfactual models: Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria – Authors' reply

Year: 2019

Type: letter

Abstract: The main argument by Jeffrey Howard and Alexis Santos-Lozada appears to be that because the predicted number of deaths from the displacement model in our analysis was lower than historical averages and previous counterfactual estimates for the period after Hurricane Maria, this estimate, and estimates of excess mortality associated with them therefore must be biased or inaccurate in some way. The opposite is in fact the case. It is estimates of excess mortality that ignore displacement that are biased.

Source: The Lancet Planetary Health

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(19)30020-8

Authors: Carlos Santos-Burgoa, John Sandberg, Erick Suárez, Cynthia M Pérez, Lynn Goldmann

Institutions: George Washington University, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico System

Language: English

Topic: Disaster Response and Management

Subfield: Emergency Medical Services

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,000

OpenAlex ID: W2942589911

Cites: 1

Cited by: 3

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