Projected Manpower Requirements: Identifying Staffing Requirements for Operating the New Composite Medical Facility at the USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Abstract
Today, health care finds itself in a highly competitive environment. This is principally a result of th federal government's implementation of the prospective payment system for Medicare hospitalization reimbursement. Other payors, be they commercial insurers or employers with large self-insured health benefit programs, have placed external pressures on the health care industry to reduce costs. These pressures have caused hospitals to concentrate on efficiencies and productivity efforts within their traditional concept of operations to combat declining occupancy rates and shrinking lengths of stay. The initial successes of for-profit hospitals and the entry into the market place of a variety of alternative health care delivery systems have produced even greater incentives for hospitals to deliver health care services at a more reasonalbe price--one which purchasers of health care are willing to pay.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA173760
Entities
People
- Raymond Williams Iii
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology