A comparative analysis of two external health care disaster responses following Hurricane Katrina

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-456

  Millin, Michael G ^a,b   Jenkins, Jennifer L ^a,c   Kirsch, Thomas ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NJ 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster medicine; Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33748992034     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600884913     Document Type: Article

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