TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Hospital preparedness for emergency response: United States, 2008 JO - National health statistics reports A1 - Niska, Richard W. A1 - Shimizu, Iris M. SP - 1 EP - 14 VL - IS - 37 N2 - OBJECTIVE: This report is a summary of hospital preparedness for responding to public health emergencies, including mass casualties and epidemics of naturally occurring diseases such as influenza.

METHODS: Data are from an emergency response preparedness supplement to the 2008 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which uses a national probability sample of nonfederal general and short-stay hospitals in the United States. Sample data were weighted to produce national estimates.

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