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VA Health Care: Need for Brevard Hospital Not Justified

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 29, 1995
Report No. HEHS-95-192
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Summary:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assumed control of the former Naval Hospital in Orlando, Florida, in June 1995. VA plans to convert the hospital into a nursing home while continuing the operate an existing outpatient clinic. VA also plans to build a new hospital and nursing home in Brevard County, 50 miles from Orlando. GAO concludes that VA's conversion of the former Orlando Naval Hospital into a nursing home and construction of a new hospital and nursing home in Brevard County is not the most prudent and economical use of its resources. These construction projects are based on questionable planning assumptions that may result in the unneeded expenditure of federal dollars. Specifically, VA did not adequately consider the available of hundred of community nursing home beds and unused VA hospital beds as well as potential decreases in future demand for VA hospital beds. VA could achieve its goals in Central Florida by using existing capacity.

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