Accession Number:

AD0752019

Title:

Doctors on Ships.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Gaver,Donald P.

Report Date:

1972-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

The decision as to whether a medical doctor, or other expensive specialist, should be carried aboard ship depends upon demand for service, consequences of not providing this service, and cost of providing the service. A simple preliminary mathematical model to aid in making this decison wisely is presented. Author

Descriptors:

• (*MEDICAL PERSONNEL
• *SHIPS)
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• NAVAL VESSELS
• NAVAL VESSELS
• COSTS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• DECISION MAKING

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE