Hospital preparedness for emergency response; United States, 2008

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• Personal Author:
  Niska, Richard W. ; Shimizu, Iris
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Health Care Statistics.
• Description:
  This report is a summary of hospital preparedness for responding to public health emergencies, including mass casualties and epidemics of naturally occurring diseases such as influenza. : Data are from an emergency response preparedness supplement to the 2008 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which uses a national probability sample of nonfederal general and short-stay hospitals in the United States. Sample data were weighted to produce national estimates.
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Disease Outbreaks Emergencies Emergency Service, Hospital Emergency Services Emergency Treatment Hospitals Mass Casualty Incidents Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Standards Standards Of Care

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• Source:
  National health statistics reports ; no. 37 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2011-1250
• Series:
  National Health Statistics Reports
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 16 Pages ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7be8d3518a7925b3f2a8abeb9cceed84cae2d88e0e15cdfe0360f0996dcf7d550c7c2b2349e839dd26cb32420208ff83918735dc98c017d081d2f208a60756e4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13180/cdc_13180_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.40 MB ]