Title
Analysis of the Health Network of Metropolitan Lima Against Large-Scale Earthquakes
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer Nature
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
Volume
1410 CCIS
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación
Ingeniería de sistemas y comunicaciones
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111108493
Source
Communications in Computer and Information Science
ISSN of the container
18650929
ISBN of the container
9783030762278
Conference
Communications in Computer and Information Science
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