Helping nursing homes prepare for disasters

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1961-1965

  Hyer, Kathryn ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^b   West, Lu Marie Polivka ^c   Berman, Amy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Florida Health Care Association   (United States)

^d Hartford Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; MANAGEMENT; NURSING HOME; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; NURSING HOMES; POLICY MAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952118908     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0665     Document Type: Article

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