@article{ref1,
title="Challenges of service coordination for evacuees of Hurricane Maria through the National Disaster Medical System",
journal="Journal of emergency management",
year="2018",
author="Vora, Neil M. and Grober, Aaron and Goodwin, Bradley P. and Davis, Michelle S. and McGee, Chris and Luckhaupt, Sara E. and Cockrill, Jennifer A. and Ready, Selena and Bluemle, Laura Nichole and Brewer, Lauren and Brown, Angela and Brown, Cassidy and Clement, Julie and Downie, Diane L. and Garner, Michael R. and Lerner, Ruby and Mahool, Margaret and Mojica, Shirley A. and Nolen, Leisha D. and Pedersen, Melanie R. and Chappell-Reed, Mary Jane and Richards, Edecia and Smith, Jonathan and Weekes, Kitichia C. and Dickinson, Jeanette and Weir, Charles and Bowman, Thomas I. and Eckes, Jeanne",
volume="16",
number="3",
pages="203-206",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe the challenges of service coordination through the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) for Hurricane Maria evacuees, particularly those on dialysis. <br><br>DESIGN: Public health report. SETTING: Georgia. REPORT: On November 25, 2017, there were 208 patients evacuated to Georgia in response to Hurricane Maria receiving NDMS support. Most were evacuated from the US Virgin Islands (97 percent) and the remaining from Puerto Rico (3 percent); 73 percent of these patients were on dialysis, all from the US Virgin Islands. From the beginning of the evacuation response through November 25, 2017, there were 282 patients evacuated to Georgia via NDMS, with a median length of coverage through NDMS for those on and not on dialysis of 60 and 16 days, respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The limited capacity and capability of dialysis centers currently in the US Virgin Islands are delaying the return to home of many Hurricane Maria evacuees who are on dialysis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-5865",
doi="10.5055/jem.2018.0369",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2018.0369"
}