Inpatient Mental Health Recapture

Abstract

Evans Army Community Hospital (EACH) in Colorado Springs, Colorado is a 34 bed community hospital that currently provides 28 Medical/Surgical inpatient beds, 6 ICU beds, and full spectrum outpatient clinical services (Table l). EACH maintained inpatient mental health services until fiscal year (FY) 2000 when it was determined that insufficient workload existed to maintain the service. In the years following the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), EACH experienced a significant increase in the amount of inpatient mental health purchased in the Colorado Springs health care market. This Business Case Analysis (BCA) provides the command team of EACH the likely costs and benefits associated with implementation of inpatient mental health services. The project compares the return on investment (ROI) of two work-load recapture initiatives compared to maintaining the status quo. Preliminary analysis indicates a positive ROI under scenarios two and three within the first two years of implementation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 07, 2009
Accession Number
ADA516601

Entities

People

  • Jacob C. Smith

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Military Medicine
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychiatry
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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