Identification of a detailed function list for public health emergency management using three qualitative methods

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1908-1913

  Hu, Guo Qing ^a   Rao, Ke Qin ^b   Sun, Zhen Qiu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Emergencies; Focus groups; Interview; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36149001343     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200711010-00011     Document Type: Article

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