Use of shuttered hospitals to expand surge capacity

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Zane, Richard D ^a   Biddinger, Paul ^b   Ide, Lyndsley ^a   Phillips, Sally ^c   Hurd, Donna ^d   Buatti, Louisa ^d   Eustace, Hilary ^d   Amsden, Matthew ^d   Carr, Darcy ^d   Hassol, Andrea ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

closed hospitals; hospitals; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 79953756838     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005720     Document Type: Article

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