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GAO Report: Domestic Health Care for Female Servicemembers (January 29, 2013)
Category: Health Care
The Department of Defense's (DOD) policy for assessing the individual medical readiness of a servicemember to deploy establishes six elements to review, most of which are gender-neutral. Four of the six elements--immunization status, medical readiness laboratory tests, individual medical equipment, and dental readiness--apply equally to female and male servicemembers. The remaining elements of individual medical readiness--deployment-limiting conditions and periodic health assessments--include aspects that are specific to female servicemembers. One DOD organization, the Women's Health Research Interest Group, is currently in the process of identifying research gaps on health issues affecting female servicemembers in combat and noncombat environments.
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