A Comparison of the Nursing Home Evacuation Experience Between Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Gustav (2008)

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 639-643

  Blanchard, Gary ^a,b   Dosa, David ^a,b,c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency preparedness; evacuation; Hurricane disasters

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INJURY; INTERVIEW; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350422319     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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