Name
#32 Models of Military Readiness and Healthcare Delivery: Cost and Efficiency Analysis
Speakers
Content Presented On Behalf Of:
Air Force
Services/Agencies represented
US Air Force, US Army, Defense Health Agency (DHA), Military Health System/Health Affairs (MHS/HA), US Navy
Session Type
Poster
Date
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Start Time
5:00 PM
End Time
7:00 PM
Location
Prince Georges Expo Hall E
Focus Areas/Topics
Policy/Management/Administrative
Learning Outcomes
Describe the structural and operational differences among multiple Military-Civilian Partnership (MCP) models and how these models contribute to clinical workload and readiness generation within the military medical force.
Evaluate the costs associated with MCP implementation across three categories—direct labor costs, indirect productivity or replacement costs, and direct program costs—and assess how these costs vary by partnership structure.
Analyze the cost-effectiveness of different MCP models using the cost-per-KSA Clinical Activity Score framework and identify key drivers of variation in readiness value across partnership types.
Evaluate the costs associated with MCP implementation across three categories—direct labor costs, indirect productivity or replacement costs, and direct program costs—and assess how these costs vary by partnership structure.
Analyze the cost-effectiveness of different MCP models using the cost-per-KSA Clinical Activity Score framework and identify key drivers of variation in readiness value across partnership types.
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Description
Military-Civilian Partnerships (MCPs) augment the readiness of the medical force by supplementing the clinical volume and casemix available within the direct care system by integrating military medics in civilian medical facilities. Several models of MCPs have emerged with similar but varying degrees of integration with both the direct care system and the civilian partner institution. However, to date, there has been no systematic study of the costs and benefits of the various models. In this study, we characterize the provider workload as well as the realized medical readiness in terms of the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities/Activities (KSA) Clinical Activity Score (CAS) across multiple MCP models and sites. For costs, we account for three categories of costs: direct labor costs of the military medics embedding in civilian facilities, indirect costs attributable to lost productivity or replacement costs, and direct program costs borne by the DOD. We also develop a cost-effectiveness metric that allows us to compare the efficiency of these MCP models systematically. We find variations in the cost per KSA depending on the MCP model – we further investigate drivers of both cost and readiness generation.