A Comparison of the Military and Civilian Health Systems

Abstract

Military personnel were found to be in better health than their civilian compatriots. There is no way of determining to what extent this is due to starting out with a healthier population and to what extent it is due to the greater per capita expenditure discussed earlier. In addition, it was noted that military medical care is much more hospital intensive than in the civilian economy. To re-emphasize this point; in the Air Force in 1967, 74% of all those excused from duty were hospitalized whereas in the civilian economy, hospital days for males 17-64 were only 26% of their work loss days.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0716897

Entities

People

  • Mordechai E. Lando

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitalizations
  • Hospitals
  • International Organizations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Public Health

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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