The Military Health System in Transition: Revisiting Avoidable Hospitalizations (Fiscal Years 2021-2024)
Our findings show that beneficiaries with a private sector PCM had lower odds of an avoidable hospitalization, supporting existing concerns that current staffing shortages have impacted direct care capabilities. With the push to increase force lethality, MHS stabilization is needed to rebuild a ready medical force that can support a medically ready force.
Authors
- Mark Meuer
- Amanda Banaag
- Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos
- Christian Coles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2573-0706)
- Wendy Vaughan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1841-5247)
Institutions
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf637
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00