Emergency preparedness as a catalyst for regionalizing local public health: The Massachusetts case study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Koh, Howard K ^a   Shei, Amie C ^a   Judge, Christine M ^a   Stoto, Michael A ^b   Elqura, Loris J ^a   Cox, Harold ^c   Nick, Gilbert A ^a   Burstein, Jonathan L ^a   Condon, Suzanne K ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATALYST SUPPORT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONALIZATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CAPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42649084530     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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