Center for Technology and National Security Policy

Hometown Hospitals: The Weakest Link? Bioterrorism Readiness in America's Rural Hospitals

by Elin A. Gursky, Sc.D.

Table of Contents

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Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Overview	1
Background	5
Study Methodology	18
Findings	20
Hospital One Profile
Hospital Two Profile
Hospital Three Profile
Hospital Four Profile
Hospital Five Profile
Summary and Conclusions	35
Recommendations	41
Final Thoughts	52

June 2004
The Center for Technology and National Security Policy
The National Defense University

Elin A. Gursky is a Senior Fellow for Biodefense and Public Health at the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security.

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