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

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Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

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