Catastrophic Sudden-Onset Disasters Are Followed by a Surge in Rehabilitation Demand

Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 May;102(5):1031-1033. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.12.030. Epub 2021 Feb 5.

Authors

Michel D Landry¹, Tiago S Jesus², Kira Battle³, Sudha R Raman⁴, Saydeh Sassine⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC. Electronic address: mike.landry@duke.edu.
² Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Duke Global Neurosurgery & Neurology (DGNN), Duke University Durham, NC.
⁴ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University Durham, NC.
⁵ Lebanese German University, Jounieh, Lebanon.

No abstract available

Keywords: Disasters; Explosion; Rehabilitation; Supply and demand.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
Disaster Planning*
Disasters*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Explosions*
Health Services Accessibility*
Humans
Lebanon / epidemiology
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Wounds and Injuries / rehabilitation*