Defense Health Care: Oversight of Military Services' Post-Deployment Health Reassessment Completion Rates Is Limited

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Abstract:

PDHRA post-deployment health reassessment is a screening tool for military servicemembers it is designed to identify and address their health concerns including mental health concerns 90 to 180 days after return from deployment. Although DOD established PDHRA requirements and policies, it gave the military services discretion to implement them to meet their unique needs as long as the services adhere to the requirements and policies. DOD oversees the military services compliance with PDHRA requirements through its deployment health assessment quality assurance program and is required to report on the quality assurance program annually to the Armed Services Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate. The Senate Committee on Armed Services directed us to review DODs oversight of PDHRA, and the House Committee on Armed Services and 11 senators also expressed. In this report, we focus on how DOD ensures that servicemembers complete the PDHRA. Specifically, we discuss how well DODs quality assurance program oversees the military services compliance with the requirement that they ensure that servicemembers complete the PDHRA.

Author(s):
Williamson, Randall B.
Author Organization(s):
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Congressional rept.
Supplementary Note:
Report to the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives.
Pagination:
0021

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
GAO-08-1025R
Monitor Series:
GAO
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.6.1_Assess Compliance with Guidance; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.6.3_Assess Achievement of Objectives; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.4.2_Health Service Delivery
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*HEALTH SURVEYS, *MILITARY PERSONNEL, *QUALITY ASSURANCE, MEDICAL SCREENING, MEDICAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, REQUIREMENTS, MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES), MENTAL HEALTH
Field(s)/Group(s):
Personnel Management and Labor Relations, Medicine and Medical Research, Military Forces and Organizations
Keyword(s):
*OVERSIGHT, *PHDRA(POST DEPLOYMENT HEALTH REASSESSMENT), GPO REPORTS
Report Date:
2008 Sep 04
Creation Date:
2008 Sep 24