Counting crises: US hospital evacuations, 1971-1999

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-157

  Sternberg, Ernest ^a   Lee, George C ^a   Huard, Danial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

benefits; cost; evacuations; events; hazards; hospitals; planning; risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA BASE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EQUIPMENT; FIRE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

DATABASES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIRES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 7944222606     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001667     Document Type: Article

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