Enhancing hospital surge capacity for mass casualty events

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-567

  Peleg, Kobi ^a,b   Kellermann, Arthur L ^c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ISRAEL; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; SURGE CAPACITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349091463     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1119     Document Type: Note

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