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Table 1 Military Treatment Facility (MTF) average total volume, sample size, and full-time equivalent (FTE) capacity measures (n = 130 facilities)

From: The relationship between capacity and utilization of nonpharmacologic therapies in the US Military Health System

MTF volume

2008

2013

2017

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

All patients

 Persons Served

37,734

3,398.85

40,213

3,774.81

38,598

3,707.55

 Annual total encounters

197,546

20,399.12

231,583

25,232.14

227,352

25,357.20

Study Sample

 Total sample persons

3,155

675.62

3,916

771.37

2,295

399.02

 Annual total encounters

25,220

5,433.10

50,521

9,854.55

32,957

5,941.18

Occupation

2008

2013

2017

Mean FTE

SE

# MTFs with

Mean FTE

SE

# MTFs with

Mean FTE

SE

# MTFs with

Physical Therapista

94.11

4.85

124

102.83

4.78

125

128.91

4.78

126

Chiropractora

4.28

1.16

20

7.98

1.34

47

8.10

1.23

47

Behavioral Health Providera

338.63

13.80

130

463.49

16.69

130

599.77

21.26

130

  1. All years represent the period of a fiscal year, which begins October 1 of the prior calendar year and ends on September 30th of the stated year. The year 2013 was chosen as a mid-point in the data range to provide additional description of changes over the study period. All results are reported for only the 130 MTFs included in the study
  2. aFTE is full-time equivalent positions assigned per 100,000 total persons served at MTF