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Committee on the Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Uniform Case Assessment Protocol
Pages 29-32

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... The committee also solicited written testimony from VA health care providers and veterans service organizations on their views of the adequacy of the protocol and its implementation. SITE VISITS The committee determined that it was necessary to visit a range of VA health care facilities to understand how the providers at the local level are using the Registry and UCAP protocols, and implementing the program for Persian Gulf veterans.
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... primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses) who were not part of the Persian Gulf provider team but who would likely be involved in providing primary care to Persian Gulf veterans; (4)
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... WRITTEN TESTIMONY Letters were mailed to 167 VA health care facilities and to 37 veterans service organizations asking them to provide comments, based on their own experiences, about the adequacy of the VA Persian Gulf Registry and UCAP. Specifically, each was asked to submit written information that described its experience with the VA clinical program as it related to (1)
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... WRITTEN TESTIMONY Letters were mailed to 167 VA health care facilities and to 37 veterans service organizations asking them to provide comments, based on their own experiences, about the adequacy of the VA Persian Gulf Registry and UCAP. Specifically, each was asked to submit written information that described its experience with the VA clinical program as it related to (1)
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