Developing Pediatric Emergency Preparedness Performance Measures

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-239

  Markenson, David ^a   Krug, Steven ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; emergency preparedness; metrics; pediatrics; performance measures

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARDIZATION; TERRORISM;

EID: 69349087591     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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