Intro -- CONTROLLING DISEASE OUTBREAKS: THE CHANGING ROLE OF HOSPITALS -- CONTROLLING DISEASE OUTBREAKS: THE CHANGING ROLE OF HOSPITALS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 PREPARING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- Chapter 3 IMPACT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN THE NETHERLANDS -- Chapter 4 HOSPITAL CAPACITY -- Chapter 5 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CAPACITY -- Chapter 6 WORKFORCE -- Chapter 7 GENERAL PRACTITIONERS -- Chapter 8 AGE DISTRIBUTION -- Chapter 9 UNDERLYING DISEASE AND CO-MORBIDITY -- Chapter 10 MITIGATION OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA -- Chapter 11 CONTAINMENT MEASURES FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA -- Chapter 12 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM READINESS -- Chapter 13 INTERNAL PREPARATION -- Chapter 14 BUSINESS CONTINUITY -- Chapter 15 EXTERNAL PREPARATION -- Chapter 16 EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 17 EVIDENCE FROM FOCUSED MODELLING: A CASE STUDY FROM THE NETHERLANDS -- Chapter 18 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM READINESS -- Chapter 19 HOSPITAL AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CAPACITY -- Chapter 20 WORKFORCE -- Chapter 21 GENERAL PRACTITIONERS -- Chapter 22 AGE DISTRIBUTION -- Chapter 23 UNDERLYING DISEASE AND CO-MORBIDITY -- Chapter 24 MITIGATION AND CONTAINMENT MEASURES FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA -- Chapter 25 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Chapter 26 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.