TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of the health network of Metropolitan Lima against large-scale earthquakes
AU - Nunez-del-Prado, Miguel
AU - Barrera, John
N1 - Conference code: 7
PY - 2021/5/21
Y1 - 2021/5/21
N2 - Peru is a highly seismic country located in the Ring of Fire, making it vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. In the present work, we examined Lima’s health system capacity from three different and complementary points of view. We first analyze the Hospital Treatment Capacity (HTC) of 41 hospitals of II and III categories from EsSalud and MINSA in Lima, Peru. Second, we computed the hospitals’ coverage area and their citizens’ health demand as the aftermath of an earthquake of 8 Mw magnitude. Finally, an accessibility simulation to reach the hospitals was performed, taking into account real traffic jams conditions and street degradation. This document aims to provide elements for the strengthening of the Peruvian fragile health system.
AB - Peru is a highly seismic country located in the Ring of Fire, making it vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. In the present work, we examined Lima’s health system capacity from three different and complementary points of view. We first analyze the Hospital Treatment Capacity (HTC) of 41 hospitals of II and III categories from EsSalud and MINSA in Lima, Peru. Second, we computed the hospitals’ coverage area and their citizens’ health demand as the aftermath of an earthquake of 8 Mw magnitude. Finally, an accessibility simulation to reach the hospitals was performed, taking into account real traffic jams conditions and street degradation. This document aims to provide elements for the strengthening of the Peruvian fragile health system.
KW - Health network
KW - Earthquakes
KW - Graph theory
KW - Optimization
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/ed32c37a-059f-3c99-87b0-84911ea5b3af/
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-76228-5_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-76228-5_32
M3 - Article in a journal
SP - 445
EP - 459
JO - Communications in computer and information science
JF - Communications in computer and information science
SN - 1865-0929
T2 - International Conference on Information Management and Big Data
Y2 - 1 October 2020 through 3 October 2020
ER -