Health care infrastructure in Post-Katrina New Orleans: A status report

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-200

  DeSalvo, Karen B ^a   Sachs, Benjamin P ^a   Hamm, L Lee ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare infrastructure; Hurricane Katrina; Post Katrina New Orleans

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HURRICANE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SAFETY; WORK CAPACITY; ARTICLE; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; SAFETY;

EID: 52049126033     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181813332     Document Type: Article

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