Projecting community-specific burden of emergency department visits and hospitalizations associated with heat exposure in Victoria, Australia

Yunfei Xing

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103023

Projecting community-specific burden of emergency department visits and hospitalizations associated with heat exposure in Victoria, Australia

2026-07-01

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Yunfei Xing

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Rongbin Xu

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Zhihu Xu

刘勇 (Liu Y)

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Zhaoyuan Li

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Botian Chen

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Pei Yu

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李姗姗 (Shanshan Li) *

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Yuming Guo

DOI：10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103023

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• Heat-attributable hospitalizations and emergency department visits will rise across all climate change scenarios. • Rural communities consistently face higher heat-related burdens than urban areas, and the disparity is widening. • Community-level projections can guide targeted, locally tailored interventions.

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Heat

Hospital admissions

Emergency department visits

Climate change

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