Hospitalization rates among dialysis patients during hurricane Katrina

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-329

  Howard, David ^a   Zhang, Rebecca ^a   Huang, Yijian ^a   Kutner, Nancy ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dialysis; disaster; end stage; hospitalization; Louisiana; renal disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866351202     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12000945     Document Type: Article

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