GrantWatch: Report. Establishing and refining hurricane response systems for long-term care facilities

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Hyer, Kathryn ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^b   Berman, Amy ^c   Polivka West, LuMarie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c The John A Hartford Foundation   (United States)

^d Florida Health Care Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNITED STATES;

CONGRESSES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749357203     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w407     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

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3. R. King, "Flood-Ravaged Hospitals Are Diagnosing Their Needs for This Hurricane Season," New Orleans Times-Picayune, 27 May 2006.
4. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Response Plan, December 2004, http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_FullText.pdf (accessed 1 July 2006);
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7. Deborah H. Charron, Healthcare Practices Group, Seitlin Insurance and Risk Management, personal communication, 15 June 2006.
8. The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a section within the FEMA Response Division, Operations Branch.
9. J.Moller, "Bill Mandates Evacuations for Elderly, Vulnerable," New Orleans Times-Picayune, 9 June 2006.
10. King, "Flood-Ravaged Hospitals."
11. Hyer et al., "Four Hurricanes in Forty-four Days."
12. L. Renz and S. Lawrence, Giving in the Aftermath of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Report on the Foundation and Corporate Response, August 2006, http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/katrina_report_2006.pdf (accessed 9 August 2006).
13. Jennifer W. Campbell, Hurricane Fund for the Elderly, Grantmakers in Aging, personal communication, 20 June 2006.