Expanding Primary Care at William Beaumont Army Medical Center to Support an Increased Beneficiary Population Resulting from the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission Report.

摘要

The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's report identifies Fort Bliss to receive approximately 48,000 additional active duty soldiers and family members. This constitutes the single largest population increase across the Department of Defense (DoD) resulting from this initiative. This study forecasts the primary care requirements necessary to support this influx to Fort Bliss from fiscal year 2007 through 2010. The methodology consists of utilizing the Army Staffing Assessment Model to determine staff levels, the Office of Personnel Management's salary tables, the DoD Space Planning Criteria to identify space requirements, and the DoD Facility Pricing Guide to provide construction costs. The results conclude that a total of 61 professional staff and 186 support staff are required to provide primary care to this population. Salaries necessary to sustain this requirement will total $13.67M per annum. The infrastructure required to support this healthcare team will consist of 86, 982 square feet of primary care space costing $31.48M. The study recommends that a free standing primary care facility be constructed and staffed to support the arrival of beneficiaries.