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Accession Number:

AD1157867

Title:

Defense Health Care: Most Reservists Have Civilian Health Coverage but More Assistance Is Needed When Tricare Is Used

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2002-09-01

Abstract:

Reserve components participate in military conflicts and peacekeeping missions in areas such as Bosnia, Kosovo, and southwest Asia, and assist in homeland security. From fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2001, an average of about 11,000, or 1 percent, of the roughly 900,000 reservists were mobilized each year. The length of mobilizations can be as long as 2 years with the mean length of mobilizations for the 6-year period were viewed being 117 days. As of April 2002, about 80,000, or 8 percent, of reservists had been mobilized for 1 year for operations related to September 11, 2001. At the same time, additional reserve personnel continued to be deployed throughout the world on various peacekeeping and humanitarian missions.

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34

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0.23MB

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Approved For Public Release

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