Reforming Military Health Care Costs Issues for Future Research

Abstract

Determining how to curb burgeoning military health care costs without compromising access to and quality of care or the readiness of military medical personnel continues to be a priority for the Defense Health Agency. The purpose of this report is to describe emerging issues related to military health care costs and policy to provide policymakers and researchers with future research to pursue. This report describes four key policy areas: the cost effects of Military Health System (MHS) reform, the effects of implementing the universal electronic health records program MHS GENESIS, medical force cost analysis, and TRICARE cost analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2023
Accession Number
AD1195672

Entities

People

  • Kandice A. Kapinos
  • Patricia K. Tong

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Reductions
  • Covid-19
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Operational Readiness
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Strategic Security Studies

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  • Microelectronics