Psychological effects of patient surge in large-scale emergencies: A quality improvement tool for hospital and clinic capacity planning and response

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-114

  Meredith, Lisa S ^a   Zazzali, James L ^b   Shields, Sandra ^c   Eisenman, David P ^a,d   Alsabagh, Halla ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; mental health; public health preparedness; quality improvement; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BENCHMARKING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954696434     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007810     Document Type: Article

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