Citation

Jan S, Lurie N. New Engl. J. Med. 2012; 367(24): 2272-2273.

Affiliation

From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine; and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania; and PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - all in Philadelphia (S.J.); and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (N.L.).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMp1213492

PMID

23234513

Abstract

Hurricanes and other disasters can have devastating effects on people who depend on home nursing, personal care attendants, or electric medical technologies. Some key policies can help to strengthen our infrastructure to increase community resilience during disasters.

Language: en