Towards developing a model for the evaluation of hospital disaster resilience: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Hospitals play a vital role in disaster stricken regions. The resilient hospitals will be able to provide essential services to affected people and it can mitigate the risk of injuries during and after disasters. This study aimed to obtain the indicators required for the evaluation of hospital resilience. METHODS:This systematic review was conducted in 2018. Through this systematic review, international electronic databases were investigated for the research studies published in English. The exclusion and inclusion criteria were determined to extract the hospital resilience indicators. These indicators will be used in order to develop a model to keep the system performance at an acceptable level during disasters. RESULTS:Out of 1794 research studies published until September 201

SUBMITTER: Fallah-Aliabadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature