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Record Nr.

UNINA9910694505103321

Autore

Niska Richard W

Titolo

Bioterrorism and mass casualty preparedness in hospitals [[electronic resource] ] : United States, 2003 / / by Richard W. Niska and Catharine W. Burt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Hyattsville, Md.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, , [2005]

Descrizione fisica

15 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

DHHS publication ; ; no. (PHS) 2005-1250

Advance data from vital and health statistics ; ; no. 364

Altri autori (Persone)

BurtCatharine W

Soggetti

Bioterrorism - United States

Emergency management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 6, 2005).

"September 27, 2005."

Sommario/riassunto

In response to the terrorism incidents of September 2001, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, requested that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) survey hospitals regarding their preparedness for treating patients from bioterrorism attacks or mass casualty incidents. It provided funding to field a special supplement to the 2003 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). Data from the 2003 NHAMCS supplement will serve as a baseline for hospital terrorism preparedness because there were no major funding programs directed toward hospitals for this purpose prior to the start of the Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in fiscal year (FY) 2002. Even these funds had not yet been fully awarded to hospitals at the time this survey was fielded in 2003. Prior to the inception of the HRSA program, the Domestic Preparedness Program of the Department of Defense had



not allocated any funding for hospitals, although it funded emergency response agencies.