Survival and Cost Analysis of Fatalities of the Kobe Earthquake in Japan

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-222

  Aoki, Noriaki ^a,b   Nishimura, Akiyoshi ^c   Pretto, Ernesto A ^d   Sugimoto, Katsuhiko ^e   Beck, J Robert ^f   Fukui, Tsuguya ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b CHORD J   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost; Disaster preparedness; Earthquake; Japan; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DYING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JAPAN; MONEY; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TIME; VICTIM;

EID: 16544383310     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2003.12.019     Document Type: Article

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