To evacuate or shelter in place: Implications of universal hurricane evacuation policies on nursing home residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190.e1-190.e7

  Dosa, David ^a,b,c   Hyer, Kathryn ^d   Thomas, Kali ^d   Swaminathan, Shailender ^b,c   Feng, Zhanlian ^b,c   Brown, Lisa ^d   Mor, Vincent ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Hurricane Katrina; Nursing home emergency preparedness; Transfer trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84856110181     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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