Emergency Preparedness.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- What United States Government Accountability Office Found* -- Why GAO Did this Study -- What GAO Recommends -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 -- Results in Brief -- Chapter 2 -- Background -- Federal Responsibilities Relating to States' Preparedness for Medical Surge -- Key Components of Medical Surge in a Mass Casualty Event -- Altered Standards of Care -- Chapter 3 -- The Federal Government has Provided States with Funding, Guidance, and other Assistance to Prepare for Medical Surge -- Funding to Prepare for Medical Surge -- Guidance to Prepare for Medical Surge -- Other Federal Assistance to Prepare for Medical Surge -- Chapter 4 -- Many States have Made Efforts to Increase Hospital Capacity, Plan for Alternate Care Sites, and Develop Electronic Medical Volunteer Registries, but Fewer have Planned for Altered Standards of Care -- All States were Making Efforts to Expand Hospital Capacity -- Eighteen States were Selecting Alternate Care Sites -- Fifteen States had Begun Registering Volunteers in Electronic Medical Volunteer Registries -- Seven of the 20 States were Planning for Altered Standards of Medical Care -- Chapter 5 -- States Reported Concerns Related to All Four Key Components when Preparing for Medical Surge -- Hospital Capacity Concerns -- Alternate Care Site Concerns -- Electronic Medical Volunteer -- Registry Concerns -- Altered Standards of Care Concerns -- Other Programmatic and Regulatory Concerns -- Conclusion -- Recommendation for Executive Action -- Agency Comments and our Evaluation -- List of Requesters -- Appendix I: Fifteen Hospital Preparedness Program 2006 Sentinel Indicators -- Appendix II: Scope and Methodology -- Appendix III: Hospital Preparedness Program Funding and Medical Surge Guidance and Conferences.

Appendix IV: Data for the Five Surge-Related Sentinel Indicators for Hospital Capacity from the Hospital Preparedness Program -- Appendix V: Comments from the Department of Health and Human Services -- Appendix VI: Comments from the Department of Homeland Security -- Appendix VII: Comments from the Department of Defense -- Appendix VIII: Comments from the Department of Veterans Affairs -- Endnotes -- Index -- Blank Page.

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