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Wartime Medical Care: DOD Is Addressing Capability Shortfalls, but Challenges Remain

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 25, 1996
Report No. NSIAD-96-224
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Summary:

Operation Desert Storm revealed many weaknesses in the medical capabilities of U.S. armed forces. Later studies by GAO and the Defense Department (DOD) Inspector General found shortcomings in DOD's ability to deliver adequate and timely medical support during wartime. This report examines whether efforts by DOD and the military services to reassess and improve their medical capabilities have been properly focused and coordinated to produce the most effective wartime medical system. GAO reviews DOD's development, management, and implementation of its Medical Readiness Strategic Plan and the military service's medical reengineering efforts. GAO also examines DOD's ongoing project to identify future wartime medical system requirements.

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