America's Military Health System (MHS) is a unique partnership of medical educators, medical researchers, and healthcare providers and their support personnel worldwide which provide care for approximately 9.4 million people. As a major component of the Military Health System, TRICARE brings together the health care resources of the uniformed services and supplements them with networks of civilian health care professionals, institutions, pharmacies and suppliers to provide access to high-quality health care services while maintaining the capability to support military operations. Almost 5.5 million people received care in Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities in 2008. VA inpatient facilities treated 773,600 patients. VA's outpatient clinics registered over 60 million visits. Knowledge Source's Military Healthcare Market Overview provides the information you need to gain an understanding of the of the military healthcare market and the trends which affect it. Knowledge Source's Military Healthcare Market Overview provides an overview of the Military Health System, the TRICARE program and the Department of Veterans Affairs.