Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 96

Regionalization of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response

File Inventory

Prepared by:

Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center

Project Director
   Dena M. Bravata, M.D., M.S.
Stanford-UCSF EPC Associate Director
   Kathryn McDonald, M.M.
Principal Investigator and EPC Director
   Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S.
Investigators
   Emilee R. Wilhelm, B.A.
   Margaret L. Brandeau, Ph.D.
   Gregory S. Zaric, Ph.D.
   Jon-Erik C. Holty, M.D.
   Hau Liu, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
   Vandana Sundaram, M.P.H.

File Name	Description			Software	Version	File	Size
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01front.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	78KB	10 pages
Contents: Title Page, Preface, Acknowledgements, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents
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02chap1.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	28KB	4 pages
Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Background, The Purpose of the Evidence Report
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03chap2.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	712KB	23 pages
Contents: Chapter 2. Methods: Technical Expert Advisory Panel, Target Audience and Population, 
Key Questions, Development of an Analytic Framework, Development of Inclusion and Exclusion 
Criteria, Development of Search Strategies, Identification of Literature Sources, 
Table 1. Literature Sources, Preliminary Searches, Table 2. MEDLINE® Searches to Identify 
Potentially Relevant Systems and Organizations, Table 3. Search Terms and Citations 
for Cochrane Databases, Table 4. Search Terms and Citations for Emergency Management Databases, 
Table 5. Search Terms and Citations for Supply Chain Databases, Table 6. Search Terms and 
Citations for Government Databases, Table 7. List of Potentially Relevant Systems for Focused 
Searching by Primary Task, Abstract Review, Data Abstraction, Determination of Methodologies 
for Evaluating Relevant Regional Systems, Figure 1. The Bioterrorism Response Supply Chain, 
Table 8. Evaluation Concepts from the Supply Chain Literature and their Relevance to 
Regionalization of Bioterrorism Preparedness, Simulation Model: Regionalization of Surveillance, 
Simulation Model: Inventory Management, Reviews and Revisions of Draft Evidence Report
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04chap3.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	1.4MB	80 pages
Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Synthesis of Evidence about Regionalization of Supply Chains, 
Table 9. Lessons Learned From the Traditional (Manufacturing) Supply Chain Literature, 
Existing Infrastructure for Local and Regional Responses to Bioterrorism, Figure 2. 
Regionalization of Public Health Departments in Texas and Alabama, Figure 3. The Metropolitan 
Medical Response System, Figure 4. Regions as Definined by FEMA, HHS, HRSA, and Others, 
Figure 5. The 23 VA Veterans Integrated Service Networks, Synthesis of Evidence about Responses 
to the 2001 Anthrax Bioterrorism, Synthesis of Evidence about Regionalization of Responses to 
Naturally Occurring Outbreaks, Table 10. Regionalization of Outbreak Response, Synthesis of 
Evidence about Regionalization of Responses for Disasters, Figure 6. Office of Emergency 
Services Mutual Aid and Administrative Regions, Figure 7. Homeland Security Advisory System, 
Table 11. Lessons Learned From Regionalized Responses to Disasters, Synthesis of Evidence about 
Regionalization of Emergency Trauma Care, Table 12. Selected Evaluations of Regionalized 
Trauma Care Systems, Synthesis of Evidence about Regionalization of Surveillance Systems for 
Bioterrorism, Table 13. Syndromic Surveillance Systems, Simulation Model Results: Regionalization 
of Surveillance, Figure 8. Thresholds for Detection of Outbreaks in Two Regions, Figure 9. 
Illustration of Pooled and Individual Thresholds for Detection of Outbreaks in Two Regions, 
Simulation Model Results: Inventory Management, Summary Synthesis of Evidence about 
Regionalization for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, Table 14. Examples of Tasks, Subtasks, 
and Resources Required for a Bioterrorism Response
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05chap4.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	37KB	4 pages
Contents: Chapter 4. Discussion: Future Research
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06refs.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	776KB	54 pages
Contents: References and Included Studies, Listing of Excluded Studies
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07appa.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	40KB	2 pages
Contents: Appendix A. Expert Advisors and Peer Reviewers
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08appb.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	39KB	1 page
Contents: Appendix B. Data Abstraction Form
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AHRQ Publication No. 04-E016-2
Current as of April 2004

Internet Citation:

Regionalization of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 96. AHRQ Publication No. 04-E016-2, April 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/bioreginv.htm

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