A Simple Economics in Local Hospital Information Management

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Can the rural people benefit from New Cooperative Medical Scheme? We set up a simple economic model to show that the rural patient can benefit from NCMS under a good supervision system which depends on the hospital information management. Based on the theoretical model, we give some suggestions for the current local hospital information management.

New Cooperative Medical Scheme \ Moral Hazard \ Local Hospital Information Management

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