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HRD-79-107 1 (1979-08-16)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Congress

OF THE UNITED STATES


Military Medicine Is In Trouble:

Complete Reassessment Needed




Largely because of an insufficient number of
physicians, the ability of the military's direct
medical care system to deliver care in peace-
time is seriously impaired. Some medical ser-
vices have been substantially cut back at
many hospitals.

GAO surveyed military beneficiaries. Many
were unable to obtain medical care at military
hospitals, and even more had to or preferred
to obtain care outside the direct care system.
Of those who went outside the direct care
system, most said they obtained the care they
believed was necessary and that it was better
or much better than the care in the direct care
system.


DOD agrees with GAO's basic findings and
with the need for the Congress to reevaluate
the role and structure of the military's direct
medical care system in peacetime. GAO pre-
sents a number of alternative proposals for
consideration; however, DOD believes some
of them could diminish wartime contingency
capability. GAO disagrees. Specific recom-
mendations are also made to DOD for improv-
ing the direct care system's ability to serve
beneficiaries.


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