Cancellation of scheduled procedures as a mechanism to generate hospital bed surge capacity - A pilot study

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-229

  Soremekun, Olan A ^a   Zane, Richard D ^a   Walls, Andrew ^a   Allen, Matthew B ^a   Seefeld, Kimberly J ^a   Pallin, Daniel J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; elective procedures; health emergency; health services; hospital services; inpatient; mass casualty; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGE CAPACITY; TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGE CAPACITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855520944     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006248     Document Type: Article

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