title: Disaster prepared: How federal funding in the USA supports health system and public health readiness.
abstract: Federal funding for health and medical preparedness in the USA has created an important foundation for preparing the health and medical systems to respond to a wide range of hazards. A declining trend in funding for these preparedness activities threatens to undo the progress that has been made over the last decade and reduce the state of readiness to respond to the health and medical impacts of disasters.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University, 215 West 125th Street, Suite 303, New York, NY 10027, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlegelmilch
authors.forename: Elisaveta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petkova
authors.forename: Irwin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Redlener
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States