The livelihoods of Haitian health-care providers after the january 2010 earthquake: A pilot study of the economic and quality-of-life impact of emergency relief

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Haar, Rohini J ^a   Naderi, Sassan ^a   Acerra, John R ^a   Mathias, Maxwell ^a   Alagappan, Kumar ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84860580626     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-13     Document Type: Article

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