The economics of Air Force Medical Service readiness / / John C. Graser ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (132 p.) |
Disciplina | 358.4/13450973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraserJohn C |
Collana | Project Air Force report |
Soggetto topico | Armed Forces - Economic aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-10916-6
9786613109163 0-8330-5187-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220156503321 |
Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Implications of an Air Force budget downturn on the aircraft industrial base : an exploratory analysis |
Autore | Arena Mark V |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Rand, 2013 |
Disciplina | 338.4/76237460973 |
Soggetto topico |
Airplanes, Military - United States
Military & Naval Science Law, Politics & Government Air Forces |
ISBN | 0-8330-8373-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | How is the current situation different from the downturn in the mid-1980s? -- What can we learn from prior industrial base assessments to inform decisions for the future? -- What are the investment options for aircraft acquisition? How might they affect the industrial base? -- Options and potential issues. |
Altri titoli varianti | Implications of an Air Force Budget Downturn on the Aircraft Industrial Base |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220120503321 |
Arena Mark V | ||
[Place of publication not identified], : Rand, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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