The army health hazard assessment program's medical cost-avoidance model.
BACKGROUND
The Logistics Management Institute initially developed a medical cost-avoidance model (MCAM) to estimate the costs associated with the failure to eliminate or control health hazards of army materiel systems during 1997.


METHODS
Presented is an updated version of the MCAM that uses cost factors for individual health hazard categories. The earlier MCAM calculated army materiel acquisition-life cycle medical costs based on a single cost factor for all hazard categories.


RESULTS
The Army's Health Hazard Assessment (HHA) Program, which uses the MCAM while assessing 18 types of health hazards commonly found in materiel undergoing the acquisition process, recognized the need to refine the MCAM to be hazard-type specific. These hazard types have unique cost factors and serve as the basis for the revised model.


CONCLUSIONS
The revision will assist the HHA program in targeting health hazards that have the potential to affect soldier health and readiness.
Bratt
Gary M
GM
Logistics Management Institute, Belcamp, Maryland, USA.
Kluchinsky
Timothy A
TA
Coady
Patrick
P
Jordan
Nikki N
NN
Jones
Bruce H
BH
Spencer
Clark O
CO
D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D008889:Military Personnel; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014729:Veterans Disability Claims / Q000191:economics