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Indian Health Service, actions needed to improve oversight of patient wait times: report to the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate.

Indian Health Service, actions needed to improve oversight of patient wait times: report to the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate.

Office, U. S. Government Accountability

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ISBN10: 1973913259
ISBN13: 9781973913252
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 25 2017
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
IHS is charged with providing health care to AI/AN people-members or descendants of 566 federally recognized tribes. AI/AN people die at higher rates than other Americans from conditions that could be mitigated through access to preventive primary care services and have experienced long-standing problems accessing health care services. GAO was asked to review how IHS ensures access to care at its facilities and steps taken to address reports of lengthy wait times for appointments.This report examines (1) the extent to which IHS oversees access to timely primary care, and (2) any steps that selected facilities have taken to help ensure patient access to timely primary care. GAO reviewed policies and guidance related to access to IHS primary care; interviewed IHS officials; and visited a nongeneralizable sample of seven facilities that varied in their size and services provided. GAO also examined documents from governance meetings between IHS area office and facility staff that took place between January 1, 2014, and September 1, 2015.

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