Defense Primer: Military Health System

Abstract

The fundamental reason for an MHS is to support medical readiness. The medical readiness mission involves promoting a healthy and fit fighting force that is medically prepared to provide the Military Departments with the maximum ability to accomplish their deployment missions throughout the spectrum of military operations. The MHS also serves to create and maintain high morale in the uniformed services by providing an improved and uniform program of medical and dental care for members and certain former members of those services, and for their dependents (10 U.S.C. 1071). In addition, the resources of the MHS may be used to provide humanitarian assistance(10 U.S.C. 401) and to perform medical research (10U.S.C. 2358).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 14, 2020
Accession Number
AD1169610

Entities

People

  • Bryce H. Mendez

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Health Maintenance Organizations
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Medicare
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Medical or Health Care Field.