Calculation of the transition matrix for the scattering of acoustic waves from a thin elastic spherical shell using the ATILA finite element code

• Main Author: Costa Ruiz, Arthur Lobo da
• Other Authors: Scandrett, Clyde
• Language: en_US
• Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2014
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10945/42934

Approved for public release, distribution unlimited === For more than three decades, two systems have provided healthcare for military beneficiaries: (1) the direct care system, whereby beneficiaries obtain health care services from military treatment facilities (MTFs), and (2) the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). a health program in which beneficiaries receive care from civilian providers. The rising cost to the Department of Defense (DoD) of supplying quality medical care in a constrained financial environment has prompted many suggestions for reforming the military health care system. The objective of this research is to compare costs between a military treatment facility and CHAMPUS and to determine whether a given MTF can provide inpatient care to its beneficiaries at lower cost than through CHAMPUS. By comparing MTF and CHAMPUS costs, a given MTF can identify those specialty areas in which to reduce costs either by increasing workload (CHAMPUS recapture) or increasing referrals to health care providers outside the MTF.