Effects of Extreme Temperatures From Climate Change on the Medicare Population: Preliminary Results
Presentation
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s
Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
CBO uses a complete nationwide data set of Medicare beneficiaries to examine health care utilization and spending as well as mortality. In particular, CBO investigates these questions:
What is the effect of extreme temperatures on emergency department (ED) visits, ED spending, and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries?
How will those outcomes be affected by projected temperatures resulting from climate change, after incorporating the effects of adaptation?
This research is preliminary, and the results are subject to change.
