Report on the PRIMUS/NAVCARE Programs

Abstract

All three of the military medical departments have implemented contract primary care clinics under the Primary Care for the Uniformed Services (PRIMUS) or Navy Cares (NAVCARE) programs. The PRIMUS centers of the Army and Air Force and the NAVCARE centers of the Navy are contractor-owned, contractor-operated, free-standing clinics positioned near heavily-utilized military hospitals to augment the delivery of routine ambulatory health services. PRIMUS/NAVCARE contractors are reimbursed by the government at a Fixed price per clinic visit. The centers are open to any uniformed services beneficiary eligible for direct care. PRIMUS/NAVCARE centers have proven extremely popular with their target populations, and 25 have become operational since the first Army PRIMUS censers opened in October 1985. In FY 89, PRIMUS/NAVCARE centers accounted for approximately 1.5 million primary care visits and almost 200,000 other visits (such as prescription refills and mammograms) at a cost of $71.5 million.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA546864

Entities

People

  • Charles Roehrig
  • David Kennell
  • Ron Mitchell
  • Terry Savela

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Cost Estimates
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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  • Medical or Health Care Field.