Defense Health Care: Military Physicians' Views on Military Medicine

Abstract

The percentage of military physicians leaving the service increased in recent years, from 13.7 in 1985 to 15.6 in 1988. This has caused concern in the Congress and the military services because increases in the number of active-duty physicians leaving the military may affect the Departments of Defense's (DOD) ability to meet combat medical requirements in the event of war and its ability to provide services to beneficiaries in peacetime. To assist in structuring a long-term solution to the military physician attrition problem, the Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation, House Committee on Armed Services, asked GAO to identify the reasons why military physicians are leaving the service in increasing numbers. GAO sent a questionnaire to about 1,500 active-duty physicians to assess the likelihood that physicians will leave the military, and the factors that most influence physicians' decisions to leave the service.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA282331

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Attrition
  • Combat Readiness
  • Congress
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Personnel
  • Medical Specialties
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Public Health

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.