Analysis of the Military Medical Retirement System

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the 60 year old military medical retirement system. Specifically, this thesis answered three research questions regarding a comparison of pay between the current system and the societal standard for injury and illness, identification of current segments of the military population disproportionately affected by the current system, and establishment of a minimal standard for medical retirement compensation. Previous research established the societal standard for compensation as the Value of Statistical Life. This thesis compared the current military medical retirement system with the Value of Statistical Life and identified several segments of the military medical retiree population that were adversely affected by the current system. Further, this thesis proposed a new method for calculating medical retirement pay incorporating the societal standard for injury and illness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA500275

Entities

People

  • Joseph M. Barnum

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Budgets
  • Cognition
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Security
  • Governments
  • Military Medicine
  • Safety
  • Standards
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Computer Science.
  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.