Investigating a pediatric hospital's response to an inpatient census surge during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 376-382

  Van Cleve, William C ^a   Hagan, Pat ^b   Lozano, Paula ^c,d   Mangione Smith, Rita ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGE CAPACITY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURGE CAPACITY; TRIAGE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 80053331282     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(11)37048-1     Document Type: Article

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