Public Health Preparedness in California: Tabletop Exercises

To assess gaps in California's Public Health Infrastructure, RAND reviewed extant performance measures; developed and conducted tabletop exercises in nine local health departments; and performed an economic analysis to identify the gaps in infrastructure relating to preparedness.

Available documents:

Gaps in Public Health Preparedness: Lessons Learned in California — 2004

Research brief

Public Health Preparedness in California: Lessons Learned from Seven Health Jurisdictions — 2004

Nicole Lurie, R. Burciaga Valdez, Jeffrey Wasserman, Michael A. Stoto, Sarah Myers, Roger C. Molander, B. David Mussington, Vanessa Solomon and Steven M. Asch

Full document (tabletop exercises available in appendix)