Surge Capacity Associated with Restrictions on Nonurgent Hospital Utilization and Expected Admissions during an Influenza Pandemic: Lessons from the Toronto Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1228-1231

  Schull, Michael J ^a   Stukel, Therese A ^a   Vermeulen, Marian J ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^a   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

influenza; pandemic; SARS; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

BED OCCUPANCY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ONTARIO; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750990232     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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