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U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2005. Indian Health Service: Health care services are not always available to Native Americans. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 41 pp.

Annotation: This report examines the availability of primary care services and ancillary and specialty services for Native Americans. The report also examines the underlying factors associated with variations in the availability of services and strategies used by facilities to increase availability. The report, which includes highlights and results in brief, is divided into the following five sections: (1) the availability of primary care depended nonnative Americans' ability to access service at Indian Health Services-funded facilities; (2) certain ancillary and specialty services were generally offered, but gasping other services were common; (3) factors associated with variations in service availability included facility structure, location, and funding; (4) facilities used variety of strategies to increase the availability of services; and (5) the report concludes with agency comments and the Government Accountability Office's evaluation. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report.

Keywords: Access to health care, American Indians, Ancillary services, Primary care, Program evaluation
   

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