Financing hospital disaster preparedness

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-439

  De Lorenzo, Robert A ^a,b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster preparedness; financing; hospitals; preparedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449101144     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005173     Document Type: Article

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