A Simple Economics in Local Hospital Information Management

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LIN Xixi 1,*

1. Department of public economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijem.2011.05.10

Received: 16 Jun. 2011 / Revised: 6 Aug. 2011 / Accepted: 6 Sep. 2011 / Published: 5 Oct. 2011

Index Terms

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

Abstract

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.

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LIN Xixi,"A Simple Economics in Local Hospital Information Management", IJEM, vol.1, no.5, pp.73-78, 2011. DOI: 10.5815/ijem.2011.05.10

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