Zelde Espinel

Mar 14, 2024 | thelancet.com | James M. Shultz |Sandro Galea |Zelde Espinel |Amruta Nori-Sarma

Medically high-risk patients (MHRPs)—persons living with health conditions that require readily available, dependable, and sometimes uninterrupted access to health services and supplies—face escalating risks when exposed to disasters.,2Balbus J.M. Malina C. Identifying vulnerable subpopulations for climate change health effects in the United States. MHRPs include persons with cognitive and functional impairments3Shapiro L.T. Gater Jr., D.R. Espinel Z. Kossin J.P. Galea S.