Determining the Accuracy of Navy Physicians' Compensation Expense in Military Hospital Data
Published Date: July 1, 1994
One of the inherent features of the Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) is the use of the DoD composite standard military rates as an estimate of military labor. The composite rates essentially give an average salary by paygrade. Our purpose in this analysis is to determine: (a) How well MEPRS approximates total military physician compensation in comparison to other non-medical corps officers; and (b) Whether the use of the composite rates introduces any bias to estimates of costs associated with providing types of specialty care.
