Wearing Many Hats

Lessons About Emergency Preparedness and Routine Public Health from the H1N1 Response

Matthew W. Lewis, Edward W. Chan, Christopher Nelson, Andrew Hackbarth, Christine Anne Vaughan, Alonzo L. Plough, Brit K. Oiulfstad

ResearchPosted on rand.org Apr 7, 2015Published in: The Public Health Response to 2009 H1N1: A Systems Perspective / Edited by Michael A. Stoto and Melissa A. Higdon (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015), Chapter 5, p. 88-98

This chapter describes some of the challenges the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) faced during the pH1N1 response associated with simultaneous operation of emergency and routine operations.

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  • Copyright: Oxford University Press
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2015
  • Pages: 11
  • Document Number: EP-50655

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