Aeromedical Evacuation System

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Inspector General.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air ambulance services
  • Emergency medical services
  • Aviation medicine
• Publication/ Report Number:
  95-225
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Inspector General
• Abstract:
  DoD performed aeromedical evacuations that were not necessary and C-9A aircraft were flown in excess of mission requirements. From January through June 1993, the Aeromedical Evacuation System cost-effectively transported 79 of the 1,177 patients in our sample. We projected, for January through June 1993, that the Aeromedical Evacuation System cost $59 million more in care and transportation costs than treating the patients locally. The Aeromedical Evacuation System was viewed as being free and thus there was no accountability over cost efficiency of a system that previously supported a mission for the European theater during the Cold War. By using local area civilian health care providers when it is cost-effective rather than referring patients to other military treatment facilities, DoD can reduce costs.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project no. 3LF-0065
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55949/dot_55949_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.09 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:93132c890a412ee8f8fdc5bb1bff6111bd1d6b5b3d48b5e2435613bc7c8e5de9