September 11 : improvements needed in availability of health screening and monitoring services for responders : testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives / statement of Cynthia A. Bascetta.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bascetta, Cynthia A., 1953-

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement

United States. Government Accountability Office

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-07-1229 T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001).

First responders--Medical care--United States.

First responders.

Emergency management--United States.

Emergency management.

Health risk assessment--Government policy--United States.

Health risk assessment.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Health aspects.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Health risk assessment--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

23 pages : digital, PDF file.

Other Title:

Improvements needed in availability of health screening and monitoring services for responders

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2007]

Summary:

Six years after the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC), concerns persist about health effects experienced by WTC responders and the availability of health care services for those affected. Several federally funded programs provide screening, monitoring, or treatment services to responders. GAO has previously reported on the progress made and implementation problems faced by these WTC health programs. This testimony is based on and updates GAO's report, September 11: HHS Needs to Ensure the Availability of Health Screening and Monitoring for All Responders (GAO-07-892, July 23, 2007). In this testimony, GAO discusses the status of (1) services provided by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) WTC Federal Responder Screening Program, (2) efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to provide services for nonfederal responders residing outside the New York City (NYC) area, and (3) NIOSH's awards to WTC health program grantees for treatment services. For the July 2007 report, GAO reviewed program documents and interviewed HHS officials, grantees, and others. In August and September 2007, GAO updated selected information in preparing this testimony.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 11, 2007).

"For release on delivery ... Monday, September 10, 2007."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

170921880