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Cover
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Health, Education, and Human
Services Division Reports

May 1995

HEALTH
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
WELFARE
VETERANS

GAO/HEHS-95-145W



Abbreviations
=============================================================== ABBREV

  AFDC - Aid to Families with Dependent Children
  AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics
  CARE - Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act
  CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  CDR - continuing disability review
  CHAMPUS - Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
     Services
  DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency
  DC - District of Columbia
  DI - Disability Insurance
  DIC - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
  DOD - Department of Defense
  DOE - Department of Energy
  EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity
  EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  EMA - eligible metropolitan area
  ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
  ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  FDA - Food and Drug Administration
  GAO - General Accounting Office
  HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
  HEAF - Higher Education Assistance Foundation, Department of
     Education
  HealthPASS - Philadelphia Accessible Services System
  HEHS - Health, Education, and Human Services Division, GAO
  HHS - Department of Health and Human Services
  HIV - human immunodeficiency virus
  HMO - health maintenance organization
  HRD - Human Resources Division, GAO
  IFA - individualized functional assessment
  IHS - Indian Health Service
  INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service
  IRS - Internal Revenue Service
  JOBS - Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program
  JTPA - Job Training Partnership Act
  NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
  NAGB - National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education
  NPR - National Performance Review
  OBRA - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
  PATH - Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
  PBGC - Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation
  PPI - producer price index for prescription drugs
  SBA - Small Business Administration
  SSA - Social Security Administration
  SSI - Supplemental Security Income
  T&A - time and attendance
  TB - tuberculosis
  TRICARE - DOD nationwide managed health care program
  UMWA - United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund
  VA - Department of Veterans Affairs
  WIC - Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and
     Children

PREFACE
============================================================ Chapter 0

The General Accounting Office (GAO), an arm of the Congress, was
established to independently audit government agencies.  GAO's
Health, Education, and Human Services (HEHS) Division reviews the
government's health, education, employment, social security,
disability, welfare, and veterans programs administered in the
Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Veterans
Affairs, and some other agencies. 

This booklet lists the GAO products issued on these programs.  It is
divided into two major sections: 

  Most Recent GAO Products:  This section identifies reports and
     testimonies issued during the past 2 months and provides
     summaries for selected key products.

  Comprehensive 2-Year Listings:  This section lists all products
     published in the last 2 years, organized chronologically by
     subject as shown in the table of contents.  When appropriate,
     products may be included in more than one subject area. 

You may obtain single copies of the products free of charge, by
telephoning your request to (202) 512-6000 or faxing it to (301)
258-4066.  Additional ordering details, as well as instructions for
getting on GAO's mailing list, appear at the end of this booklet.





Janet L.  Shikles
Assistant Comptroller General


MOST RECENT GAO PRODUCTS
(MARCH - APRIL 1995)
============================================================ Chapter 1


   HEALTH
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:1


      SELECTED SUMMARIES
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:1.1

Prescription Drug Prices:  Official Index Overstates Producer Price
Inflation (Report, 4/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95-90). 

Recent research indicates that the producer price index for
prescription drugs (PPI- Drugs) published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), the official wholesale level index of U.S.  drug
prices, has overstated drug price increases substantially since at
least 1984.  This overstatement has three causes.  First, before
1994, BLS used a market basket (sample) of drugs that
underrepresented new and recently introduced drugs in the market. 
This sampling problem alone led PPI-Drugs to overstate drug inflation
between 1984 and 1991 by an estimated 23 to 36 percent.  Second, the
index does not account for the cost savings incurred when consumers
switch to lower priced substitutes, such as generics.  Third,
PPI-Drugs does not adequately separate pure price changes, which
constitute inflation, from price changes that reflect different
product characteristics, such as fewer side effects.  Some progress
has been made in addressing the causes of the overstatement. 
Regardless of the outcome of the PPI-Drugs debate, users should be
aware of potential misuses of all price indexes. 


HEALTH
(COMPREHENSIVE
2-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 2


   ACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:1

Ryan White Care Act:  Access to Services by Minorities, Women, and
Substance Abusers (Report, 1/13/95, GAO/HEHS-95-49). 

Health Care:  Federal and State Antitrust Actions Concerning the
Health Care Industry (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-220). 


MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS
============================================================ Chapter 3

Jessie L.  Battle
David W.  Bieritz
Susan Y.  Higgins
James L.  Kirkman
Stephen F.  Palincsar


ORDER FORM
============================================================ Chapter 4



MAILING LIST REQUEST FORM
============================================================ Chapter 5


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HEALTH EMPLOYMENT
Access and Infrastructure Equal Employment Opportunities
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Employee and Retiree Benefits High Performance Workplaces
(77) (38)
Financing (64) Labor and Management Relations
(57)
Health Care Reform (85) Training and Employment
HHS Public Health Service (08) Assistance (60)
Long-Term Care and Aging (73) Workplace Quality (07)
Malpractice (79) Other Employment Issues (47)
Managed Care (80)
Medicare and Medicaid (11) SOCIAL SECURITY,
DISABILITY & WELFARE
Prescription Drugs (81)
Provider Issues (82) Children's Issues (59)
Public Health and Education (83) Pensions (14, 61)
Quality and Practice Standards Social Security & Disability
(06, 25) (09, 26, 30, 58)
Substance Abuse and Treatment Welfare (75)
(84)
Other Health Issues (86) Other Social Security, Disability,
& Welfare Issues (96)
EDUCATION
Department of Education (27)
Early Childhood Development VETERANS AFFAIRS & MILITARY
(70) HEALTH
Armed Forces (35)
Elementary and Secondary (02) Military Health (05)
Higher Education (39) Veterans' Benefits (28, 74)
School-to-Work Transition (01) Veterans' Health Care (10)


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