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FPCD-82-36 1 (1982-03-17)

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND
COMPENSATION DIVISION


B-196320


The Honorable Melvin Price
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services
House of Representatives

Dear Mr. Chairman:


Subject:


MARCH 17, 1982


DOD and Rand Corporation Studies Do Not Provide
an Adequate Basis for Deciding on a Military
Physician Assistant Grade Structure (FPCD-82-36)


     This is in response to your September 25, 1981, request
that we review the use of physician assistants within the
Department of Defense (DOD). Specifically, you asked that we
review and analyze the conflicting findings and recommenda-
tions of two independent studies of the physician assistant
grade structure; one study was conducted by DOD, 1/ and the
other was conducted for the Air Force by the Rand Corpora-
tion. 2/ You pointed out that the Army, Navy, and Air Force
each have different grade structures for physician assistants,
and you were concerned about the need for uniformity among
the services.

     We have concluded that neither DOD's Health Affairs study
nor the Rand Corporation study provides an adequate basis for



l/Report on the Grade Structure of Physicians Assistants in
  the Military Health Care System, Office of Planning and
  Policy Analysis, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense
  (Health Affairs), January 1979.

2/Susan Hosek, Potential Civilian Earnings of Military
  Physician's Assistants, The Rand Corporation, February
  1980 (N-1342-AF).



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