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Descriptor English: Surge Capacity
Descriptor Spanish: Capacidad de Reacción
Descriptor capacidad de respuesta
Scope note: Capacidad de un sistema de atención sanitaria para movilizarse con rapidez con el fin de hacer frente a una mayor demanda, para conseguir rápidamente una ampliación más allá de los servicios normales con el fin de satisfacer una mayor demanda en el caso de los DESASTRES a gran escala o en las emergencias de salud pública.
Descriptor Portuguese: Capacidade de Resposta ante Emergências
Descriptor French: Capacité de gestion de crise
Entry term(s): Capacities, Surge
Capacity, Surge
Surge Capacities
Tree number(s): N05.300.450.760
SP8.570.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055872
Scope note: A health care system's ability to rapidly mobilize to meet an increased demand, to rapidly expand beyond normal services levels to meet the increased demand in the event of large-scale DISASTERS or public health emergencies.
Annotation: note category: restrict to health care
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53397
Unique ID: D055872
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Surge Capacity - Preferred
Concept UI M0521320
Scope note A health care system's ability to rapidly mobilize to meet an increased demand, to rapidly expand beyond normal services levels to meet the increased demand in the event of large-scale DISASTERS or public health emergencies.
Preferred term Surge Capacity
Entry term(s) Capacities, Surge
Capacity, Surge
Surge Capacities



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