Defense Health Care: Applying Key Management Practices Should Help Achieve Efficiencies within the Military Health System

Abstract

According to the Defense Health Board s Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care, rising health care costs result from a multitude of factors that are affecting not only DOD but also health care in general. These factors include greater utilization of health care services, increasingly expensive technology and pharmaceuticals, growing numbers of users, and the aging of the retiree population. Additionally, in 2009, the Defense Business Board reported that defense health care costs are taking up more of the defense budget, and its health care programs may eventually compete with other critical defense acquisition and operational programs. Figure 1 illustrates the actual and projected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA559892

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Closures
  • Brain Injuries
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Systems Analysis and Design