Lessons from Sandy - Preparing health systems for future disasters

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2269-2271

  Redlener, Irwin ^a   Reilly, Michael J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871084704     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1213486     Document Type: Article

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