Local variation in public health preparedness: Lessons from California

Health Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Lurie, Nicole ^a   Wasserman, Jeffrey ^a   Stoto, Michael ^a   Myers, Sarah ^a   Namkung, Poki ^b   Fielding, Jonathan ^c   Valdez, Robert Burciaga ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b County Department of Health Services ^*

^c Los Angeles Department of Health Services   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; SMALLPOX; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644326694     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.W4.341     Document Type: Article

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