Book/Printed Material Air Force physician and dentist multiyear special pay : current status and potential reforms

Title

• Air Force physician and dentist multiyear special pay : current status and potential reforms

Summary

• Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, the U.S. Air Force has struggled with how best to attract and retain physicians and dentists. Both populations have declined in recent years. Multiyear Special Pay (MSP) is intended to keep physicians and dentists in the Air Force after their initial service obligations have expired. MSP has been successful in that eligible dentists, in particular, have often accepted it. Although most eligible physicians have heretofore refused MSP, physicians in some subpopulations, e.g., those who received residency training at military medical centers, have shown a growing inclination to accept it. Increasing MSP levels appears to increase the percentage of physicians who choose to accept MSP rather than leaving Air Force service. The authors recommend that the Air Force focus on increasing Medical Corps accessions and consider retention bonuses for dentists who have not yet completed the residencies that make them eligible for MSP.

Names

• Keating, Edward G. (Edward Geoffrey), 1965-
• United States. Air Force

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2009.

Contents

• Introduction -- Trends in accession, retention, and promotion in the Air Force Medical Corps, 1976-2007 -- Physician cohort analysis -- Trends in accession, retention, and promotion in the Air Force Dental Corps, 1976-2007 -- Dentist cohort analysis -- Conclusions -- Appendixes: A. Estimating a physician's or dentist's eligibility for multiyear special pay -- B. Air Force medical and dental special pays, 1992-2009 -- C. Logistic regression analysis of physician multiyear special pay acceptance -- D. Using the dynamic retention model.

Headings

• -  United States.--Air Force--Dental care
• -  United States.--Air Force--Medical personnel
• -  United States.--Air Force--Officers
• -  United States.--Air Force--Pay, allowances, etc
• -  United States.--Air Force--Personnel management
• -  Dentists--Salaries, etc.--United States
• -  Physicians--Salaries, etc.--United States

Notes

• -  "MG-866-AF"--P. [4] of cover.
• -  "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xxiv, 122 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• UG983

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021760792

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021760792

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users Indicated permissions on file

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• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021760792

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