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Developing a framework to assess the costs to healthcare systems of climate-related events
Climate-related events like the heat dome of 2021 are happening more and more frequently and cause considerable impacts on the health of individuals and the healthcare systems that care for them. To judge how much can be spent to prevent or limit the impact of future climate-related events, decision-makers for regions or healthcare systems need to know how much these events cost. However, there is no agreed way to calculate these costs, leading to unreliable and inconsistent estimates. This project aims to provide a standard approach for costing climate-related events, which will help people responsible for planning how to minimize the effects of future events.
Faculty Supervisor:
Mark Harrison
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Partner:
Providence Health Care
Discipline:
Life Sciences
Sector:
Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services
University:
The University of British Columbia
Program:
Accelerate
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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.