The evolution of Military Health Services System wartime manpower requirements generation
Subtitle: from the Medical Planning Module to the Medical Analysis Tool
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: MILITARY MEDICINE; STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE; MEDICAL SERVICES
Description: Major changes in post cold war strategy led to changes in force structure, missions, and anticipated casualty      rates and challenged the basic assumptions that are fundamental to the process of military medical readiness      planning. The Military Health Services System (MHSS) sought to refine its wartime medical requirements in      order to identify the medical forces required to support the new strategy. This thesis explores the process used to      determine wartime medical manpower requirements within the MHSS, explores the evolution of medical      requirements planning models from the Medical Planning Module (MPM) to the Medical Analysis Tool (MAT),      and provides a comprehensive analysis of the models. Documents reviewed for this thesis include reports from      DoD, GAO and Congress, congressional testimony, studies conducted by think tanks including the Rand      Corporation and the Center for Naval Analysis, and pertinent DoD directives and manuals. Additional data were      obtained through interviews with key officials involved in the development and implementation of the MAT,      particularly the Director for Logistics J-4, Medical Readiness Division, and the primary contractor developing the      MAT, Booz-Allen Hamilton. The conclusions of this research are that the MPM is inflexible, inaccurate,      incompatible with current technology and planning factors, and not user-friendly. The MAT is more flexible,      accurate, compatible with current technology and planning factors, and user friendly than the MPM and is the      best alternative for replacing it.
Notes: Thesis advisors, Richard B. Doyle and James A. Scaramozzino.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62)

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