Mitigating absenteesim in hospital workers during a pandemic

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL.2, 2009, Pages

  Garrett, Andrew L ^a   Park, Yoon Soo ^a   Redlener, Irwin ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ability; Absenteeism; Disaster; Hospital; Personnel; Willingness; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 77649318856     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181c12959     Document Type: Article

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