@article{ref1,
title="Decision to evacuate a hospital during an emergency: The safe way or the leader's way?",
journal="Journal of public health policy",
year="2012",
author="Adini, Bruria and Laor, Daniel and Cohen, Robert and Israeli, Avi",
volume="33",
number="2",
pages="257-268",
abstract="Hospitals have frequently been evacuated because of natural or man-made disasters. In this article, we identify elements to be considered when confronted with the possibility of hospital evacuation. Hospital evacuation may have a significant impact on the surrounding community and the overall population. When the patients in a hospital are placed at risk, hospital leadership often decides to evacuate the facility to safeguard the well-being of both patients and staff. Such a decision is not likely to be criticized. We present various considerations. The effect of evacuation on patients, hospital staff, family members, the community, and even the nation as a whole, as well as repercussions affecting potential patients should be integral to the decision-making process and parallel to the risk assessment.Journal of Public Health Policy advance online publication, 9 February 2012; doi:10.1057/jphp.2012.2.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0197-5897",
doi="10.1057/jphp.2012.2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2012.2"
}