Behrouz Samei, Javad Babaie, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Saber Azami-Aghdash, Naser Derakhshani, Ramin Rezapour
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to comprehensively determine the factors that affect the hospitals' functional preparedness in response to disasters. METHODS: A systematic review of studies published in English and Persian up to the end of 2022 was performed by searching PubMed Central, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, SID, and Elmnet databases. Articles that assessed hospitals' functional preparedness were searched by using a combination of medical subject heading terms and keywords including disaster, emergency, preparedness, hospital preparedness, health care facilities preparedness, hospital functional preparedness, health care facilities functional preparedness, readiness, and effective factors...
2023: Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma