Benchmarking for hospital evacuation: A critical data collection tool

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-342

  Schultz, Carl H ^a   Koenig, Kristi L ^a,b   Heide, Erik Auf Der ^c   Olson, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^d Robert Olson Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

collection of; data; disaster; earthquake; evacuation; event; hospital; incident command; planning; recovery; research; tool; transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT TRANSFER; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 33644835371     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002806     Document Type: Article

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