@article{ref1,
title="Disaster preparedness of home health care agencies in San Diego County",
journal="Journal of emergency medicine",
year="1994",
author="Phreaner, D. and Jacoby, I. and Dreier, S. and McCoy, N.",
volume="12",
number="6",
pages="811-818",
abstract="A questionnaire was sent to 53 home health care agencies in San Diego to assess their state of disaster readiness. Thirty agencies returned completed questionnaires. Of these, 90% have written disaster plans, but only 33% conduct regular drills to practice their written plans. A 24-h telephone number is available to patients at 96% of the agencies. One-fourth of the agencies serving ventilator-dependent patients do not make utility companies aware of their special needs. Of 11 hospital-sponsored agencies, 18% include backup agreements with other agencies, while 79% of non-hospital-sponsored agencies have planned such backup. The majority (92%) of &quot;private-for-profit&quot; agencies have backup arrangements, but only 38% of the public or nonprofit agencies have such arrangements. Additionally, 31% of the home health care agencies do not feel they would be able to meet the needs of their clients in the event of a disaster. Specific recommendations for such agencies in developing disaster plans, and exercising them, are made.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0736-4679",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}