Houston's Medical Disaster Response to Hurricane Katrina: Part 2: Transitioning From Emergency Evacuee Care to Community Health Care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-527

  Hamilton, Douglas R ^a   Gavagan, Thomas ^c   Smart, Kieran ^d   Weller, Nancy ^a   Upton, Lori A ^e   Havron, Douglas A ^f   Fishkind, Avrim ^g   Persse, David ^h   Shank, Paul ^j   Shah, Umair A ⁱ   Mattox, Kenneth ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^c Northeastern Medical School   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Southeast Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council   (United States)

^g Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County   (United States)

^h City of Houston's Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

ⁱ Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

^j San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HURRICANE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RELIEF WORK; TEXAS; TRIAGE;

EID: 62349116353     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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