Assessment of community hospital disaster preparedness in New York State

Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 213-227

  Vick, Dan J ^a,b   Wilson, Asa B ^c   Fisher, Michael ^d   Roseamelia, Carrie ^e  

^a Evansville State Hospital   (United States)

^b Oneida Healthcare Hospital   (United States)

^c METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Community hospitals; Disaster preparedness; New York State

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISASTER; E-MAIL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNDING; HOSPITAL CEO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW YORK; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; SURGE CAPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; NEW YORK; SURGE CAPACITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85053149863     PISSN: 15435865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jem.2018.0371     Document Type: Article

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