[Effect of weather temperature on hospital emergencies in the Region of Murcia, Spain, throughout the 2000-2005 and its use in epidemiological surveillance].

Background: The effect of the weather temperature on mortality has been studied more in depth than its effect on morbidity. In Murcia, the number of daily emergencies and the cases of heat stroke for which care is provided at the hospitals in this Region have been studied.

Objective: to evaluate the effect that the weather temperature has on the number of hospital emergencies and the use of these indicators for the surveillance of hot weather-related morbidity.