Table 1 Measurements of public health emergency management system

1.Preparation

1.1Organization

Percentage of establishing emergency response office

%

yes/no; number of CDCs’ responses/sample size

Percentage of forming leadership group

%

Percentage of forming expert panel

%

1.2Mechanisms

Percentage of building information sharing mechanism

%

Percentage of building on-site treatment mechanism

%

Percentage of building material deployment mechanism

%

1.3Workforce

Average number of emergency response personnel

Person

number; total number of personnel/sample size

1.4Stockpile

Percentage of fully stockpiling emergency resources

%

yes/no; number of stockpiling emergency resources/fully stockpiling emergency resources

2.Readiness

2.1Planning

Percentage of formulating emergency response plan

%

yes/no; number of CDCs’ responses/sample size

2.2Training

Average length of emergency response training

Day/ person

total days of emergency response training/total emergency response personnel

2.3Exercising

Average times of exercises of emergency response plan

Number of times

total times of exercises /sample size

2.4Monitoring

Disease surveillance and analytical period

Frequency

by day, week, ten days, month, quarter, year

2.5Direct report

Percentage of internet direct report building

%

number; number of internet direct reports/total reports

3.Response

3.1Reporting

Percentage of timely reporting

%

number; number of timely reports/total reports

3.2Coping

Confirmation Score

Points

Ten-point scale, full points of 10 = good; Total scores/sample size

Specific Preparedness Score

Points

On-scene/field handling/disposal score

Points

Implementation score for control measures

Points

4.Recovery

4.1Archiving

Archive of relevant materials

Points

4.2Analyzing

Analytical report and impact evaluation

Points

4.3Concluding

Concluding report

Points