Indian Health Service: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Patient Wait Times

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By Kathleen M. King (au)
Year: 2016
Pages: 36
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-7342-3

Product Code: 1457873427

Description

The Indian Health Service (IHS) is charged with providing health care to American Indian and Alaska Native (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 they have experienced long-standing problems accessing health care services. 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. Includes recommendations. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

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