Systematic review of strategies to manage and allocate scarce resources during mass casualty events.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Efficient management and allocation of scarce medical resources can improve outcomes for victims of mass casualty events. However, the effectiveness of specific strategies has never been systematically reviewed. We analyze published evidence on strategies to optimize the management and allocation of scarce resources across a wide range of mass casualty event contexts and study designs.

Methods

Our literature search included MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Global Health, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, from 1990 through late 2011. We also searched the gray literature, using the New York Academy of Medicine's Grey Literature Report and key Web sites. We included both English- an

SUBMITTER: Timbie JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6997611 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature