United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-09-29 monographic deposited born digital 44 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-1003 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003 P0b002ee18039f3cb f:d061003 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003 GAO-06-1003 Cost analysis Disaster recovery Emergency medical services Health care facilities Health care personnel Health care services Health centers Hospital bed count Hospital care services Hospital planning Hospitals Hurricane Katrina Patient care services Inpatient care services New Orleans (LA) Other Written Product A61611 In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, questions remain concerning the availability of hospital inpatient care and emergency department services in the greater New Orleans area--which consists of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard parishes. Because of broad-based congressional interest, GAO, under the Comptroller General's statutory authority to conduct evaluations, assessed efforts to restore the area's hospitals by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and the Louisiana State University (LSU) public hospital system, which operated Charity and University hospitals in New Orleans. GAO examined (1) the availability of hospital inpatient care and the demand for emergency department services, (2) steps taken to reopen Charity and University hospitals, and (3) the activities that HHS has undertaken to help hospitals recover. To fulfill these objectives, GAO reviewed documents and interviewed federal officials and hospital, state, and local officials in the greater New Orleans area. GAO also obtained information on the number of inpatient beds for April 2006, which was the most recent data available when GAO did its work. GAO's work did not include other issues related to hospitals such as outpatient services or financial condition. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003.pdf GAO-06-1003 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1003 Other Written Product GAO-06-1003; Hurricane Katrina: Status of Hospital Inpatient and Emergency Departments in the Greater New Orleans Area; Cost analysis Disaster recovery Emergency medical services Health care facilities Health care personnel Health care services Health centers Hospital bed count Hospital care services Hospital planning Hospitals Hurricane Katrina Patient care services Inpatient care services New Orleans (LA) Volume 88 Page 143 88 Stat. 143 Volume 102 Page 4689 102 Stat. 4689 Volume 119 Page 2680 119 Stat. 2680 Volume 120 Page 418 120 Stat. 418 Public Law 93-288 Public Law 100-707 Public Law 109-234