New Tools for Assessing State and Local Capabilities for Countermeasure Delivery

Christopher Nelson ; Edward W. Chan ; Carol E. Fan ; Debra Lotstein ; Leah B. Caldarone ; Shoshana R. Shelton ; Amy L. Maletic ; Andrew M. Parker ; Alexandria Felton ; Amanda Pomeroy ; et al.

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Epidemic;    Health and Health Care;    Public Health Preparedness;    Emergency Preparedness;    Public Safety;    Terrorism and Homeland Security;    Bioterrorism;   

RP-ID  :  TR-665-DHHS

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

Eight years after the anthrax attacks of October 2001, the United States lacks a set of clear and defensible measurement tools for assessing the nation's public health emergency preparedness. Countermeasure delivery — the ability to dispense life-saving medications and other medical supplies to large populations, often on very short time lines — is one area in which considerable progress has been made. Even in this area, measurement tools have focused on assessing the existence of personnel, plans, and equipment, not on whether the health system can put these resources into practice in emergency conditions.