DOD Health Care: Occurrence Screen Program Undergoing Changes, but Weaknesses Still Exist

Abstract

The quality of health care provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) direct health care system is of continuing concern to the Congress and users of the system. DOD has undertaken several initiatives to assure high-quality care. One of these initiatives - the occurrence screen program -is intended to identify individual cases as well as patterns of potentially substandard care or care that could be improved. GAO conducted its review to determine how well occurrence screen programs were being implemented to meet this intent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
AD1170415

Entities

People

  • Carolyn L. Cook
  • David P. Baine
  • James A. Carlan
  • Ruth A. Heck
  • Suzanne Priftis
  • Virginia M. Saavedra
  • William L. Mathers

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Computer Programs
  • Congress
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.