Vulnerability assessment of health care facilities during disaster events

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-161

  Arboleda, Carlos A ^a,b   Abraham, Dulcy M ^b   Richard, Jean Philippe P ^c   Lubitz, Robert ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessments; Disasters; Emergency services; Healthcare facilities

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENTS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; DIFFERENT SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMERGENCY SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE FACILITIES; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; INTERNAL OPERATIONS; MEDICAL CARE; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; OPERATIONAL VULNERABILITIES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; ROAD TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; UNSATISFIED DEMAND; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

DISASTERS; FLOW SIMULATION; HEALTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE;

HEALTH CARE; INFRASTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 69249100173     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2009)15:3(149)     Document Type: Article

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