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VA health care : patient safety could be enhanced by improvements in employment screening and physician privileging practices : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives /

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Main Author:	Ekstrand, Laurie E.
Corporate Authors:	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, United States. Government Accountability Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Accountability Office, [2006]
Series:	Testimony ; GAO-06-760 T.
Subjects:	United States. > Department of Veterans Affairs > Personnel management. Employee screening > Government policy > United States. Physicians > Selection and appointment > United States. Veterans > Medical care > United States.
Online Access:	Text version: Abstract: PDF version:

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