Research Priorities for Surge Capacity

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1160-1168

  Rothman, Richard E ^a   Hsu, Edbert B ^a   Kahn, Christopher A ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a  

^a Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; research; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL SURGE CAPACITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 33750989920     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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