Add to ORKGOBJECTIVE: Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many become unusable because of nonstructural damage. This study compares the nonstructural safety of hospitals to disasters in Tehran and Stockholm. METHODS: Hospital safety in Tehran and Stockholm was assessed between September 24, 2012, and April 5, 2013, with use of the nonstructural module of the hospital safety index from the World Health Organization. Hospital safety was categorized as safe, at risk, or inadequate. RESULTS: All 4 hospitals in Stockholm were classified as safe, while 2 hospitals in Tehran were at risk and 3 were safe. The mean nonstructural safety index was 90% ± 2.4 SD for the hospitals in Stockholm and 64% ± 17.4 SD for th...
As important infrastructures in every community, hospitals and healthcare centers are required to co...
Background: Hospitals in Iran are not prepared for disasters the aim of this study was to deter...
Introduction: Not all hospitals in Iran have necessity preparation to cope with and reduce financial...
OBJECTIVE: Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many beco...
OBJECTIVE: Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many becom...
OBJECTIVE: Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many becom...
Introduction: Iran's hazard level against disasters is estimated to be 8 out of 10. The Farsi versio...
Background: Hospital safety is of great social importance in various aspects, including functional s...
Background and objective: Continuous services provision of a hospital before and after a disaster is...
Context: Over the past decade the number of accidents and disasters has been growing around the worl...
Introduction: At the time of disasters, hospitals are considered as one of the most important facili...
Background: vulnerable events could damage structural, non structural and functional components of h...
Background: The aim of this review was to explore hospital socio-natural disaster resilience by iden...
Iran's health system has developed a Farsi edition of the Hospital Safety Index (HSI) and has integr...
Context Over the past decade the number of accidents and disasters has been growing around...
As important infrastructures in every community, hospitals and healthcare centers are required to co...
Background: Hospitals in Iran are not prepared for disasters the aim of this study was to deter...
Introduction: Not all hospitals in Iran have necessity preparation to cope with and reduce financial...
OBJECTIVE: Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many beco...
OBJECTIVE: Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many becom...
OBJECTIVE: Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many becom...
Introduction: Iran's hazard level against disasters is estimated to be 8 out of 10. The Farsi versio...
Background: Hospital safety is of great social importance in various aspects, including functional s...
Background and objective: Continuous services provision of a hospital before and after a disaster is...
Context: Over the past decade the number of accidents and disasters has been growing around the worl...
Introduction: At the time of disasters, hospitals are considered as one of the most important facili...
Background: vulnerable events could damage structural, non structural and functional components of h...
Background: The aim of this review was to explore hospital socio-natural disaster resilience by iden...
Iran's health system has developed a Farsi edition of the Hospital Safety Index (HSI) and has integr...
Context Over the past decade the number of accidents and disasters has been growing around...
As important infrastructures in every community, hospitals and healthcare centers are required to co...
Background: Hospitals in Iran are not prepared for disasters the aim of this study was to deter...
Introduction: Not all hospitals in Iran have necessity preparation to cope with and reduce financial...