Surge Capacity for Health Care Systems: Early Detection, Methodologies, and Process

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1135-1137

  Estacio, Peter L ^a  

^a Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

BioSense; BioShield; BioWatch; National Biosurveillance Integration System (NBIS); pandemic influenza preparedness; point of care medical diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERRORISM; WAR;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33750282778     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.07.018     Document Type: Article

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