In defense of Direct Care: Limiting access to military hospitals could worsen quality and safety
Abstract
Ongoing health care reforms within the US Military Health System (MHS) are expected to shift >1.9 million MHS beneficiaries from military treatment facilities (MTFs) into local civilian hospitals over the next 1–2 years. The objective of this study was to examine how such health care reforms are likely to affect the quality of MHS care.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 08, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1111/1475-6773.13885
Entities
People
- Andrew J. Schoenfeld
- Cheryl K Zogg
- Joel S. Weissman
- Judith H. Lichtman
- Michael K Dalton
- Peter A. Learn
- Tracey Perez Koehlmoos
- Zara Cooper
Organizations
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- National Institute on Aging
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- United States Department of Defense
- Yale School of Medicine
- Yale School of Public Health