Title
Analysis of the health network of Metropolitan Lima against large-scale earthquakes
Date Issued
21 May 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
Controlled Vocabulary for Resource Type Genres::texto
Author(s)
Barrera, John
Universidad del Pacífico
Publisher(s)
Springer
Abstract
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.
Start page
445
End page
459
Language
English
Publication version
Version of Record
ISBN
978-3-030-76227-8*
978-3-030-76228-5*
Resource of which it is part
Information Management and Big Data - 7th Annual International Conference, SIMBig 2020, Proceedings