Prioritizing burn-injured patients during a disaster

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-190

  Chan, Carri W ^a   Green, Linda V ^a   Lu, Yina ^a   Leahy, Nicole ^b   Yurt, Roger ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Healthcare; Triage

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISASTER PLAN; DISASTER PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT POPULATION; TIME FRAME; TRIAGE;

DISASTER PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE;

DISASTERS;

EID: 84881300301     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1120.0412     Document Type: Article

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