Modeling hospital response to mild and severe influenza pandemic scenarios under normal and expanded capacities

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 486-490

  Sobieraj, Josef A ^a   Reyes, Joel ^a   Dunemn, Kathleen N ^a   Carty, Irvin H ^a   Pennathur, Arunkumar ^b   Gutierrez, Rafael S ^b   Harris, Mark D ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANDEMIC; VENTILATOR;

EID: 34248570420     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.5.486     Document Type: Article

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