World Trade Center Health Program: Potential Effects of Implementation Options

Abstract

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 became law on January 2, 2011, and established a World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) to assume the functions of the World Trade Center (WTC) responder health programs beginning on July 1, 2011.1,2 From September 11, 2001, through fiscal year 2010, approximately $475 million in federal funds was made available for screening, monitoring, and treating WTC responders for illnesses and conditions related to the WTC disaster.3,4 These include asthma, persistent coughing, and other respiratory conditions and mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The three federal programs that provided screening, monitoring, and treatment services to responders prior to July 2011, which we refer to here as the WTC responder health programs, were the New York City Fire Departments (FDNY) WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, the New York/New Jersey (NY/NJ) WTC Consortium, at 1, J WTC 5 and the WTC National Responder Health Program. The FDNY WTC program and the NY/N Consortium provided services to WTC responders in the New York City (NYC) metropolitan area and each had a Data and Coordination Center (DCC) that was responsible for, among other things, collecting and analyzing clinical data for research on WTC-related health conditions. The WTC National Responder Health Program provided services to WTC responders outside the NYC area and did not have a DCC. The federal agency that was responsible for oversight of the three WTC responder health programs was the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). According to NIOSH, as of March 31, 2011, the WTC responder health programs had identified about 55,000 WTC responders who were eligible for health services.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 2011
Accession Number
AD1177444

Entities

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  • Amanda Cherrin
  • Anne Hopewell
  • Dan Ries
  • Debra A. Draper
  • George Bogart
  • Helene F Toiv
  • Hernan Bozzolo
  • Mariel Lifshitz
  • Nabajyoti Barkakati
  • Roseanne Price

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  • Federal Government of the United States

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  • Anxiety Disorders
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  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
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  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Health
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Outpatient Clinics
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  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Medicine
  • Political science

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