.e phenomenon of hospital functional interruption has been widely observed in the historical moderate-strong earthquakes,\nindicating that hospital functionality cannot be well considered in the current seismic design methods. .e concept of seismic\nresilience pays enough attention to postearthquake functionality of buildings, and it is particularly significant for the urban\nhospitals which play critical role in the urban postearthquake rescue and recovery. .is study proposes a framework to assess the\nseismic resilience of urban hospitals, by incorporating the fault tree analysis (FTA) to consider the interdependency between the\ndamage of nonstructural components and the functionality of medical equipment, as well as the effect of external supplies on the\nfunctionality of hospital. .e proposed framework is then applied to a case-study hospital, and the results indicate that this\nhospital needs 1.1 days to resume emergency functionality under REDi repair strategy after design basis earthquake (DBE), while it\nneeds 28.8 days to resume emergency functionality under REDi repair strategy after maximum considered earthquake (MCE). It is\nfound that the seismic resilience of this hospital after MCE cannot meet the community requirements on the recovery time, and\nnecessary measures are needed to improve the seismic resilience. .e proposed framework provides the quantitative results of\nseismic resilience assessment in the preearthquake environment and can further support emergency response planning and\nseismic retrofits strategies.
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