Question

Explain the role of the department of defense (DOD) in health care.

Answer 1

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Role 4 v.s and overseas definitive care This role can provide a wide gange of preventive, curative and also acute restorative rehabilitative care facilities Examples & Army medical centers In addition to the four roles, route care and transfal facilities are provided in the point of injuries and wounding. * After world war II, The Department of war and Department of the Navy were merged into a single departement of defence [Dos) ANDAA designed to streamline the military health gegilens management, improve efficiency to care the operational needical health services.