Impact of the fall 2009 influenza a(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic on US hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-265

  Rubinson, Lewis ^a   Mutter, Ryan ^b   Viboud, Cecile ^c   Hupert, Nathaniel ^d   Uyeki, Timothy ^e   Creanga, Andreea ^f   Finelli, Lyn ^e   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^g   Carr, Brendan ^h   Merchant, Raina ^h   Katikineni, Devi ⁱ   Vaughn, Frances ^a   Clancy, Carolyn ^b   Lurie, Nicole ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; hospital surge capacity; pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURGE CAPACITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMICS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; SURGE CAPACITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874108129     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827da8ea     Document Type: Article

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