Disaster Metrics: Quantitative Benchmarking of Hospital Surge Capacity in Trauma-Related Multiple Casualty Events

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Authors

Jamil D. Bayram · Rush University Medical Center

Italo Subbarao · American Medical Association

Abstract

Defining and quantitatively benchmarking the different components of hospital surge capacity is vital to hospital preparedness in MCE. Prospective studies of our mathematical model are needed to verify its applicability, generalizability, and validity.

Topics & Keywords

Disaster Response and Management Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency and Acute Care Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 117-124

DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2010.19

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