- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An analysis of the military health services system and the feasibility of its use as a model for national health insurance, 1979
- Creator:
- Ireland, Toni Jean
- Date of Original:
- 1979-08-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The primary aims of this paper are: (1) to determine the extent to which the Military Health Services System's CHAMPUS program is an appropriate model for a proposed national health insurance program; and, (2) to point out the implications for a proposed national health insurance program to be derived from an examination of the operations of the Military Health Services System (MHSS). The first of these tasks was accomplished by comparing a component of the Military Health Services System-CHAMPUS, and proposed provisions of a national health insurance program. The categories examined in both CHAMPUS and national health insurance are coverage and costs. The second task was undertaken by assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of the CHAMPUS component of MHSS in terms of costs and in terms of delivery of services. CHAMPUS demonstrates that the goals of providing comprehensive health care at reasonable costs are indeed attainable. As a consequence of the lessons learned from the GRAMPUS experience, proponents of national health insurance should be confident as they move to implement comprehensive health care coverage in this country. The topic of this paper is a result of the writer's intern experience in the Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), during the summer of 1978. The main sources of information were Defense Department publications, such as the Military Health Care Study and the CHAMPUS Handbook. Also, a variety of secondary information, books and periodicals was used.
Degree type: thesis
Degree name: Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Granting institution: Atlanta University
Department: Department of Public Administration
Advisor: Fine, Laura I. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1979_ireland_toni_jean
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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