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Implementation of a Civilian-Military Contingency Hospital System Should Be Suspended

HRD-80-21 Published: Oct 25, 1979. Publicly Released: Oct 25, 1979.
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Department of Defense (DOD) plans to use nonmilitary hospitals to provide medical care to wartime casualties were reviewed. Several basic problems were found with the report that DOD planned to use as the foundation for this Civilian-Military Contingency Hospital System (CMCHS).

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Defense contingency planningEmergency medical servicesHealth resources utilizationHospital bed countHospital care servicesHospital planningMilitary hospitalsHospitalsVeterans hospitalsHospital systems