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Staffing issues in military health care : mental health providers and va nursing / Ddouglas Parker, editor. - 1 online resource : color illustrations. - Health care in transition . - Health care in transition series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defense health care / United States Government Accountability Office -- VA health care / United States Government Accountability Office.

Mental health providers are essential to the Department of Defense's (DOD) delivery of health care to servicemembers and other beneficiaries. DOD's need for these providers has grown as increasing numbers of servicemembers experience life-threatening combat situations. This led to congressional attention-such as the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2010, which included provisions to help DOD increase the number of mental health providers it employs. This book examines how staffing levels changed in response to congressional direction; and how DOD and the military services assess current and future needs f.

ISBN: 9781634829946 1634829948

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Veterans Health Administration --Personnel management.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Soldiers--Mental health services--United States.
Veterans--Mental health services--United States.
Nurses--Recruiting.
Nurses--Supply and demand--United States.

LC Class. No.: UH629.3

Dewey Class. No.: 355.3/450973