Immediately after an earthquake a healthcare system within a city, comprising several hospitals, endures an extraordinary demand. This paper proposes a new methodology to estimate whether the hospital network has enou...Immediately after an earthquake a healthcare system within a city, comprising several hospitals, endures an extraordinary demand. This paper proposes a new methodology to estimate whether the hospital network has enough capacity to withstand the emergency caused by an earthquake. The ability of healthcare facilities and to provide a broad spectrum of emergency services immediately after a seismic event is assessed through a metamodel that assumes waiting time as main response parameter to assess the hospital network performance. The First Aid network of San Francisco subjected to a 7.2 Mw magnitude earthquake has been used as case study. The total number of injuries and their distributions among the six major San Francisco’s Emergency Departments have been assessed and compared with their capacity that has been determined using a survey conducted by the medical staff of the hospitals. The numerical results have shown that three of the six considered San Francisco’s hospitals cannot provide emergency services to the estimated injured. Two alternatives have been proposed to improve the performance of the network. The fi rst one redistributes existing resources while the second one considers additional resources by designing a new Emergency Department.展开更多
医疗卫生领域正发生着一场安静的革命，包括美国人在内的世界传统医药消费日益增长。相应地，需要大量经过培训的专业人员来完成这种新的健康模式的转变，同时传统医学的作用机制及其安全性、有效性和质量控制的研究也得到大力加强。美...医疗卫生领域正发生着一场安静的革命，包括美国人在内的世界传统医药消费日益增长。相应地，需要大量经过培训的专业人员来完成这种新的健康模式的转变，同时传统医学的作用机制及其安全性、有效性和质量控制的研究也得到大力加强。美国近年除了许多私立传统医学学校如雨后春笋般成立起来以满足曰益增长的对补充替代医学（complementary and alternative medicine，CAM）的需求外，许多著名大学也在积极参与甚至主导该领域的工作。展开更多
基金European Research Council under Grant No.ERC_IDEAL RESCUE_637842 of the project IDEAL RESCUE—Integrated Design and Control of Sustainable Communities during Emergencies
文摘Immediately after an earthquake a healthcare system within a city, comprising several hospitals, endures an extraordinary demand. This paper proposes a new methodology to estimate whether the hospital network has enough capacity to withstand the emergency caused by an earthquake. The ability of healthcare facilities and to provide a broad spectrum of emergency services immediately after a seismic event is assessed through a metamodel that assumes waiting time as main response parameter to assess the hospital network performance. The First Aid network of San Francisco subjected to a 7.2 Mw magnitude earthquake has been used as case study. The total number of injuries and their distributions among the six major San Francisco’s Emergency Departments have been assessed and compared with their capacity that has been determined using a survey conducted by the medical staff of the hospitals. The numerical results have shown that three of the six considered San Francisco’s hospitals cannot provide emergency services to the estimated injured. Two alternatives have been proposed to improve the performance of the network. The fi rst one redistributes existing resources while the second one considers additional resources by designing a new Emergency Department.
文摘医疗卫生领域正发生着一场安静的革命，包括美国人在内的世界传统医药消费日益增长。相应地，需要大量经过培训的专业人员来完成这种新的健康模式的转变，同时传统医学的作用机制及其安全性、有效性和质量控制的研究也得到大力加强。美国近年除了许多私立传统医学学校如雨后春笋般成立起来以满足曰益增长的对补充替代医学（complementary and alternative medicine，CAM）的需求外，许多著名大学也在积极参与甚至主导该领域的工作。
