Table 1.

Composite scores^∗ by emergency management area and median scores for Kentucky

EMA	General response	External traffic flow	Media	Reception of casualties	Communication and resource cut off	Pharmaceutical plan	N
1	0.80	0.81	0.94	0.93	0.94	0.21	4
2	0.80	0.88	0.78	0.93	0.88	0.33	9
3	0.75	0.88	0.78	0.93	0.50	0.17	5
4	0.45	0.63	0.78	0.96	0.50	0.50	9
5	0.63	0.56	0.50	0.79	0.38	0.00	6
6	0.84	0.63	0.83	0.86	0.80	0.67	16
7	0.63	0.50	0.44	0.57	0.88	0.00	7
8	0.60	0.63	0.78	0.89	0.50	0.33	5
9	0.90	0.88	1.00	0.96	0.88	0.17	9
10	0.74	0.75	0.61	0.88	0.88	0.17	4
11	0.73	0.75	0.61	0.98	0.31	0.33	7
12	0.75	0.75	0.44	0.82	0.50	0.33	8
13	0.65	0.75	0.88	0.86	0.50	0.42	16
14	0.69	0.63	0.72	0.71	0.75	0.33	6
KY Med	0.75	0.75	0.78	0.89	0.75	0.33	111

EMA, Emergency management area; Med, median; N, number of hospitals in each EMA.

^∗Median scores calculated from index scores ranging from 0 to 1 for each EMA, with 0 being least prepared and 1 best prepared. Higher scores indicate that hospitals in the EMA are better prepared to respond.