| Adequacy of the VA Persian Gulf Registry and Uniform Case Assessment Protocol Contributor(s): Institute of Medicine (Author), Committee on the Evaluation of the Depar (Author) |
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ISBN: 030906046X ISBN-13: 9780309060462 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1998 Annotation: As mandated in Public Law 103-446, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to review the VA's Uniform Case Assessment Protocol (UCAP) for Persian Gulf veterans. The purpose of the program is to provide a systematic, comprehensive medical protocol for the diagnosis of health problems of Persian Gulf veterans. This book is the third in a series of studies by the IOM reviewing the protocols used by the VA and the Department of Defense to diagnose the health complaints of Gulf veterans. This book offers the committee's reviews and recommendations concerning the adequacy and implementation of the VA's medical protocol as well as the its outreach and education efforts to inform Persian Gulf veterans and their care providers of the purpose and availability of this program. In addition, the book contains appendixes with the findings and recommendations of the previous books, as well as those of two related IOM volumes on Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Health Policy |
| Dewey: 616.980 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.97" W x 8.99" (0.75 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As mandated in Public Law 103-446, the Department of Veterns Affairs (VA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to review its Uniform Case Assessment Protocol (UCAP) for Persian Gulf veterans. The purpose of the program is to provide a systematic, comprehensive medical protocol for the diagnosis of health problems of Persian Gulf veterans. This report is the third in a series of studies by IOM reviewing the protocols used by the VA and the Department of Defense to diagnose the health complaints of Gulf veterans. The committee reviews and makes recommendations concerning the adequacy of the medical protocol and its implementation by the VA, as well as the VA's outreach and education efforts aimed at informing Persian Gulf veterans and their care providers of the purpose and availability of this program. In addition, the report contains as appendixes the findings and recommendations of the previous reports, as well as those of two related IOM reports on Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War. |