The economics of Air Force Medical Service readiness / / John C. Graser ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (132 p.)
• Disciplina: 358.4/13450973
• Soggetto topico: Armed Forces - Economic aspects
• Altri autori: GraserJohn C
• Note generali: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."; "TR-859-AF".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; Background; The Challenge to the Military Health System; Purpose; Methodology; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO Overview of the Air Force Medical Service; Mission; Recent History; Overview of the DoD Military Health System; Key Differences Among the Services' Health Systems; Size and Composition; Command Structure; Relationships Between the Air Force Medical Service and Air Force Major Commands; Medical Facilities; Summary ; CHAPTER THREE Air Force Medical Service Funding Budget Overview; Emphasis on Military Treatment Facility Efficiency; Prospective Payment System; Efficiency Wedge; Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund Earnings; Local Military Treatment Facility Reimbursements; Military Treatment Facility Financial Information; Comparing the Air Force Medical Service to the Army and Navy Medical Departments; Methodology of the Medical Department Comparisons; Comparison of Medical Departments' Expenses and Earnings; Prescription Costs; Comparing MTF Size and Earnings Share Across Services ; Stepped-Down MEPRS A and B Expenses Versus Earnings Future Military Health System Funding Concerns; Summary; CHAPTER FOUR Measuring Military Medical Service Costs and Workloads; Introduction; Reporting and Measuring Resources: Labor and Labor Costs; Limitations in Reporting Manpower; Reporting and Measuring Workload; Limitations on Workload Reporting; Summary of Benefits; How Do System Inaccuracies Affect Performance Measures and Funding?; Prospective Payment System; Primary Care Productivity; Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund; Summary ; CHAPTER FIVE Why Has the Air Force Medical Service's Workload Decreased? Work Accomplished, FYs 2000-2007; Effects of Readiness and Deployments on Workload Production; Decline in the Number and Availability of Air Force Medical Service Surgeons; Effects of Converting Inpatient Facilities to Stand-Alone Clinics; Effects of TRICARE for Life; Keesler AFB Hospital and Hurricane Katrina; Replacements for Deployed Medical Personnel; Summary; CHAPTER SIX Options Available for Recapturing and Expanding Workloads; Maintaining Clinical Currency of Providers ; Option 1: Expand Opportunities at Existing Air Force Medical Service Facilities Option 2: Assign Air Force Providers to Shared or Joint Hospitals; Option 3: Increase Cooperation with Nonmilitary Hospitals; Option 4: Increase Reliance on the Air National Guard and Reserves During Wartime; Summary; CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusions; APPENDIXES; A. Medical Workload by Service Military Treatment Facility; B. Readiness Full-Time Equivalents by Service; C. Prospective Payment System; D. Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund; E. Consolidation of Wilford Hall Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center ; F. Efficiency-Wedge Reductions
• Sommario/riassunto: The Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) currently runs three in-theater hospitals for severely injured or wounded personnel. Part of the practioners' preparation was treating DoD beneficiaries for a broad range of injuries and illnesses. Opportunities for this preparation are not as numerous ""in house"" as they once were, and AFMS does not always get proper credit for those gained elsewhere. Proper credit for that work is important for funding.
• Titolo autorizzato: The economics of Air Force Medical Service readiness
• ISBN: 1-283-10916-6; 9786613109163; 0-8330-5187-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220156503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Project Air Force report.