Active Duty Inpatient Psychiatric Care in the New Womack Army Medical Center.
Abstract
A new Womack Army Medical Center (NWAMC) is currently under construction at Fort Bragg, NC, with a beneficial occupancy date (BOD) of November 1998 and opening for patient care in the summer of 1999. While there are many issues that planners must deal with as the hospital completion comes closer, one of the more interesting is that of inpatient psychiatric care. In 1985, two wards of the NWAMC for a total of forty-eight beds, were designed for inpatient psychiatry. A decade later, populations, political realities and economic pressures have changed. This study addressed two issues. The first was a decision on whether or not continuing with construction of the psychiatry wards as designed was desired by the WAMC command. The second part of this investigation addressed alternatives for and issues in managing inpatient active duty psychiatric patients for which NWAMC will be responsible. Four separate scenarios are compared for cost effectiveness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA324297
Entities
People
- Terrence S. Murphy
Organizations
- Womack Army Medical Center