Redistribution of emergency department patients after disaster-related closures of a public versus private hospital in New York City

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 256-264

  Lee, David C ^a,b   Smith, Silas W ^a   Carr, Brendan G ^c,d   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^b,e,f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster medicine; emergency medicine; hurricane; public health; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGE CAPACITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT TRANSFER; SURGE CAPACITY;

EID: 84931560053     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.11     Document Type: Article

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