Hospital capacity, capability, and emergency preparedness

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1628-1634

  Valdmanis, Vivian ^a   Bernet, Patrick ^b   Moises, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Data envelopment analysis; Disaster planning; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY; CAPACITY UTILIZATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER RESPONSE; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS; EXCESS CAPACITY; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FLORIDA; LEVEL OF DETAIL; PARETO-OPTIMAL;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 77957716200     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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