Defense Health Care: Quality Assurance Process Needed to Improve Force Health Protection and Surveillance

Abstract

Following the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, many servicemembers experienced health problems that they attributed to their military service in the Persian Gulf. However, a lack of servicemember health and deployment data hampered subsequent investigations into the nature and causes of these illnesses. Public Law 105-85, enacted in November 1997, required the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a system to assess the medical condition of servicemembers before and after deployments. GAO was asked to determine whether (1) the military services met DODs force health protection and surveillance requirements for servicemembers deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Central Asia and Operation Joint Guardian (OJG) in Kosovo and (2) DOD has corrected problems related to the accuracy and completeness of databases reflecting which servicemembers were deployed to certain locations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1099423

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Data Centers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Medical Examination
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Statistical Samples
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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