Integrating hospitals into community emergency preparedness planning

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 799-811

  Braun, Barbara I ^a   Wineman, Nicole V ^a   Finn, Nicole L ^a   Barbera, Joseph A ^b   Schmaltz, Stephen P ^a   Loeb, Jerod M ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744983765     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-11-200606060-00006     Document Type: Article

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