Will There Be Enough Trained Medical Personnel in Case of War?

Abstract

Department of Defense (DOD) estimates show that shortages of physicians, nurses, and enlisted medical personnel would be most severe, would reduce capability to deliver wartime care, and would begin to occur soon after mobilization. Shortages of surgical personnel would be especially critical because theater of operations requirements could not be met. Some other enlisted specialty shortages would also be critical because no pretrained pool exists in the civilian sector. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 24, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102642

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Therapy
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.