Health Professions' Retention-Accession Incentives Study Report to Congress (Phase 1: Compensation Comparison of Selected Uniformed and Private-Sector Health Care Professionals)
Abstract
The Military Health System (MHS) is charged with maintaining a healthy active duty force, attending to the sick and wounded in time of conflict, and successfully competing for and treating patients within the peacetime benefit mission. The military must attract and retain high-quality health care professionals. These issues are particularly important for military health care professionals because they are costly to access and train, and they have skills that are readily interchangeable to the private sector. The Department of Defense (DOD) is competing against private sector employees who are offering accession bonuses, flexible work schedules, portable retirement plans, continuing educational opportunities, employee-tailored benefits, and competitive salaries. The TRICARE Management Agency (TMA) asked the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to conduct a study to examine appropriate compensation, special pays and bonuses for military health care professionals. Our analysis showed that the current military-civilian health professional pay gap varies widely-from 3 to 63 percent, depending on specialty and years in service.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA401076
Entities
People
- Cori Rattelman
- Elaine Scherer
- Michele Almendarez
- Shayne Brannman
Organizations
- Center for Naval Analyses