Defense Health Care: 2008 Access to Care Surveys Indicate Some Problems, but Beneficiary Satisfaction is Similar to Other Health Plans

Abstract

DOD's implementation of beneficiary and provider surveys for 2008, the first of a 4-year survey effort, followed the OMB survey standards for survey design, data collection, and data accuracy. In addition, DOD generally addressed the survey requirements outlined in the mandate in implementing its 2008 beneficiary and provider surveys but did not give a high priority to selecting geographic areas with a high concentration of Selected Reserve servicemembers. Instead, for both of its surveys, DOD randomly selected areas to produce results that can be generalized to the populations from which the survey samples were drawn. DOD plans to cover the entire United States at the end of the 4-year survey period, which will include any locations with higher concentrations of Selected Reserve servicemembers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1170631

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  • Bonnie Anderson
  • C. J. Sondhelm
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