Defense Health Care: Post-Deployment Health Reassessment Documentation Needs Improvement

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) implemented the post-deployment health reassessment (PDHRA), which is required to be administered to servicemembers 90 to 180 days after their return from deployment. DOD established the PDHRA program to identify and address servicemembers' health concerns that emerge over time following deployments. This report is the second in response to a Senate Armed Services Committee report directing GAO to review DOD's administration of the PDHRA, and to additional congressional requests. In this report, GAO examined (1) the extent to which DOD's central repository contains PDHRA questionnaires for active and Reserve component servicemembers who returned from deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan and (2) how DOD monitors the administration of the PDHRA to Reserve component servicemembers. To conduct this review, GAO performed a quantitative analysis using DOD deployment and PDHRA data, reviewed relevant PDHRA policies, and interviewed DOD officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA510374

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air National Guard
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Deployment
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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