Health Care Access: Opportunities to Target Programs and Improve Accountability
T-HEHS-97-204
Published: Sep 11, 1997. Publicly Released: Sep 11, 1997.
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GAO discussed the Rural Health Clinic Program in the broader context of GAO's past reviews of federal efforts to improve access to primary health care, focusing on: (1) the common problems GAO found and some recent initiatives to address them; and (2) how the type of management changes called for under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 can help the Rural Health Clinic and related programs improve accountability.
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