Evacuate or Shelter-in-place? The Role of Corporate Memory and Political Environment in Hospital-evacuation Decision Making

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-238

  Ricci, Karen A ^a,b   Griffin, Anne R ^a   Heslin, Kevin C ^c   Kranke, Derrick ^a   Dobalian, Aram ^a,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; hospital evacuation; organizational culture; organizational decision making

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SHELTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SHELTER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW YORK CITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84930273671     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X15000229     Document Type: Article

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