The impact of disasters on populations with health and health care disparities

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-38

  Davis, Jennifer R ^a   Wilson, Sacoby ^a   Brock Martin, Amy ^a   Glover, Saundra ^a   Svendsen, Erik R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Health care disparities; Health disparities; Medically underserved; Surge capacity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951641241     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1935789300002391     Document Type: Review

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