TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Decision to evacuate a hospital during an emergency: The safe way or the leader's way?
JO  - Journal of public health policy
A1  - Adini, Bruria
A1  - Laor, Daniel
A1  - Cohen, Robert
A1  - Israeli, Avi
SP  - 257
EP  - 268
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0197-5897
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2012.2
ID  - ref1
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