Table 1

- Preintervention and postintervention test scores of the key preparedness components at four participating hospitals.

Key components	Maximum value for each component	Hospital 1		Hospital 2		Hospital 3		Hospital 4
Key components	Maximum value for each component	Pre intervention test	Post intervention test	Pre intervention test	Post intervention test	Pre intervention test	Post intervention test	Pre intervention test	Post intervention test
Command and control	14	8	13	5	12	7	13	4	7
Communication	18	6	17	5	14	8	15	6	11
Safety and security	22	7	20	12	20	11	18	9	12
Triage	20	13	19	13	18	13	19	16	17
Surge capacity	26	12	26	8	26	18	26	18	23
Continuity of essentialservices	16	14	16	7	16	9	13	11	11
Human resources	30	16	28	12	27	14	25	12	22
Logistics and supply management	20	8	20	4	16	9	15	8	13
Postdisaster recovery	18	2	18	0	16	2	15	0	11
Total scale score	184	86	177	66	165	91	159	84	127
Mean scale score	20.4	9.56 4.48	19.67 4.72	7.33 4.36	18.33 5.15	10.11 4.59	17.67 4.87	9.33 5.68	14.11 5.42