Regionalization of Health Care Services within the Department of Defense
Abstract
The study presents a review of the regionalization efforts within the private sector and the Department of Defense (DOD) as well as discuss possible improvements to this regionalization system. The research elaborates on possible steps that DOD may take to implement regionalization on a tri-service level realizing that in an austere financial environment, centralized supervision and jurisdiction may reduce duplicated services. Several alternatives were discussed to strengthen the DOD Regionalization Program by cooperative assistance among military facilities and physician referrals. Military health care is considered to be expensive and costs are rising. In Fiscal Year 1980, 4.5 billion dollars were requested to provide health care to authorized beneficiaries. The costs and benefits of the existing military health care delivery system are being closely scrutinized and questioned by many parties. The resulting cry is that 'something must be done' to contain costs, use resources efficiently, and yet provide both the quality and quantity of care needed. One 'something that is proposed is regionalization of the military health care system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA203104
Entities
People
- Thomas J. Van Hook
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences