The current status of planning for pandemic influenza and implications for health care planning in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 919-925

  Bartlett, John G ^a,c   Borio, Luciana ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 40749150680     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528799     Document Type: Review

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