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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2009;302(10):1050.

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Four years after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the provision of certain health services to those affected remains a problem, concluded the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2 reports issued in July.

The GAO said that barriers to mental health services for children persist in greater New Orleans mostly due to a lack of transportation for patients, competing family priorities, and fear of stigmatization (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09563.pdf). Hiring and retaining primary care clinicians also remains a challenge (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09588.pdf). In both instances, however, federal grants are helping to address these problems.

The reports are part of a set of 4 documents prepared by the GAO at the request of Sen Joe Lieberman (I, Conn), Sen Mary L. Landrieu (D, La), and ranking member Sen Susan M. Collins (R, Maine). The other 2 reports found that distribution of federal funds for rebuilding has been slow and case . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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