VA Health Care: Further Efforts Needed to Improve Hepatitis C Testing for At-Risk Veterans

[摘要] A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Hepatitis C is a chronic disease caused by a blood-borne virus that can lead to potentially fatal liverrelated conditions. In 2001, GAO reported that the VA missed opportunities to test about 50 percent of veterans identified as at risk for hepatitis C. GAO was asked to (1) review VA's fiscal year 2002 performance measurement results in testing veterans at risk for hepatitis C, (2) identify factors that impede VA's efforts to test veterans for hepatitis C, and (3) identify actions taken by VA networks and medical facilities to improve the testing rate of veterans at risk for hepatitis C. GAO reviewed VA's fiscal year 2002 hepatitis C performance results and compared them against VA's national performance goals, interviewed headquarters and field officials in three networks, and conducted a case study in one network."

[发布日期] 2003-12-12 [发布机构] United States. General Accounting Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;health care;veterans;va health care;letter report