Surgical demand forecasting, standardization, and capitated supply contracting at DoD Medical Treatment Facilities
By:  Ronald E. David
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Description: This thesis evaluates whether DoD can successfully predict surgical demand based on historical operating room      usage and catchment area populations at Medical Treatment Facilities. Using sophisticated software, it applies      statistical tools to develop surgical incidence rates and projects future year incidence rates based on projected      population changes. This thesis focuses on medical logistics regionalization efforts underway throughout DoD      and questions if outsourcing is the further of DoD medical logistics. This thesis further delineates a disposable      product, surgical and clinical standardization program that DoD can immediately adopt to generate substantial      savings in inventory investment. This thesis develops the idea that prepack surgical supplies can generate      substantial savings following standardization. This thesis further develops the standardization structure,      committee membership, subcommittee membership, and product review criteria for evaluating potential product      standardization candidates. Capitated contracting for these prepack surgical kits along with future      organization-wide disposable supplies, should be established along the same regions as the existing Tricare Lead      Agents. This thesis recommends additional areas of further research to include outsourcing medical logistics      functions within DoD, defining supply-side determinants and analyzing their impact on surgical output at MTFs,      and capitated supply contracting.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): William R. Gates, David A. Smith.

"December 1998."

Thesis (M.S.  in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1998.

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