BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 44-173
10 JANUARY 2019
Medical
POPULATION HEALTH
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AFMOA/SGHC
Supersedes: AFI 44-173,
19 November 2014
Certified by: AFMOA/CC
(Brig Gen James H. Dienst)
Pages: 31
This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 40-1, Health Promotion; AFPD
44-1, Medical Operations; AFPD 46-1, Nursing Services; AFPD 48-1, Aerospace Medicine
Enterprise; and Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6025.20, Medical Management
Programs in the Direct Care System (DCS) and Remote Areas. This publication provides guidance
and procedures on population health concepts and related activities, to include delivery of direct
healthcare activities, formal medical management, and support of community health promotion,
throughout the Air Force Medical Service.
This instruction applies to all personnel assigned to or working in an Air Force military medical
treatment facility who share responsibility for the health of the enrolled population. This includes,
but is not limited to, those assigned to perform specific population health programmatic functions.
This publication does not apply to the Air Force Reserve or Air National Guard. This publication
may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to the Office of Primary
Responsibility (OPR) listed above for coordination prior to certification and approval. Refer
recommended changes and questions about this publication to the OPR listed above using the Air
Force Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route Air Force Forms 847 from
the field through the appropriate chain of command. The authorities to waive wing/unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following
the compliance statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a
description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers
