Insufficient preparedness of primary care practices for pandemic influenza and the effect of a preparedness plan in Japan: A prefecture-wide cross-sectional study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tomizuka, Taro ^a   Kanatani, Yasuhiro ^b   Kawahara, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business continuity plan; Pandemic influenza; Pandemic preparedness plan; Personal protective equipment; Preparedness; Primary care; Primary care practice; Response

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANDEMIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PANDEMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRATEGIC STOCKPILE;

EID: 84887641933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-174     Document Type: Article

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