Medicare Subvention Demonstration: DOD Start-up Overcame Obstacles, Yields Lessons, and Raises Issues

Abstract

The DOD Medicare Subvention Demonstration combines a national healthcare delivery system operated by DOD with a health insurance system - Medicare - operated by HCFA within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The demonstration includes six sites in different regions of the country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1999
Accession Number
AD1167378

Entities

People

  • Stephen P. Backhus
  • Susan S. Westin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Organizational Structure
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Therapy
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Systems Analysis and Design