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The problem of determining the optimal procedure for the replacement of capital or military equipment has been the subject of numerous studies. However, having been conceived and developed in conjunction with investment and inventory, the study of optimal replacement has never been effectively extended to the area of consumer durable goods. The primary objective of this paper is to study such a problem within the inter-temporal utility maximization framework in which a consumer has a finite, fixed time horizon and derives satisfaction from the consumption of both durable and non-durable goods. In particular, family housing is used to illustrate the choice process ; supported in part by the ONR Foundation Research Program ; http://archive.org/details/optimalreplaceme00tera ; 61152N; RR000-01-10; PO-4-0001

A significant amount of research has shown that non-physician health care providers can be cost-effectively employed in a wide variety of settings either to supplement existing physician services or to replace those which may be required by increased demands on health care facilities. However, relatively little progress has been made in terms of absolute numbers employed with respect to identified potential. This paper focuses on the way in which previous research has contributed to the problem and points out changes in research methodologies which we believe will correct these past shortcomings. (Author) ; supported by funds from the Naval Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Research Project entitled "Analysis of Elements of The Military Health Care Delivery System" at NPS ; http://archive.org/details/limiteduseofnonp00whip ; N0001877WR00004 ; NA

As part of a larger research project into the CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services, the legislative history of military dependent medical care programs was traced to illustrate the Congressional intent behind the CHAMPUS program. This history is used to derive normative implications for the form of future program structure changes ; Supported by funds from the Op-96 Conceptual Studies Program Contract to Professor Whipple at NPS during the 1975 Fiscal Year. ; http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar00maas ; N00018-75-WR-00018 ; NA

A study of the Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) was conducted to identify the structure and organizational relationships existing within the program. In other studies the legislative history of dependent medical care programs was traced to show the Congressional intent behind the CHAMPUS Program and procedures used by several levels of management in the CHAMPUS Program to process beneficiary claims were reviewed and examined. In this report budgeting, accounting, and reporting systems in use were reviewed in an attempt to demonstrate and analyze the growth of the program during th past seven years of its existence. The results of the study demonstrate the complexity of the CHAMPUS Program and further points out the need for further indepth study in several aspects of the program's management. (Author) ; Prepared for: Chief of Naval Operations The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. ; http://archive.org/details/champusbudgeting00maas ; N00016-75-WR00018 ; NA

A mathematical model of an operational military Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is constructed integrating both impatient and ambulatory care outputs. Incorporating the interdependencies in staffing and facilities utilization, the model holds promise for extension to civilian HMO's with parametric changes in methods of practice. The model may be used descriptively to indicate maximal patient care levels in specific patient categories (i.e. ; the derivation of the production possibilities frontier for health care) and to identify bottleneck constraints. As an optimization tool, budgetary allocation decisions are facilitated in both the long and short run, in terms of maximizing patient flow and minimizing the cost of providing for a given eligible population, respectively ; Prepared for: Office of Naval Research ; http://archive.org/details/integratedproduc00whip ; N0001475WR50001 ; NA