A Study of Farmers' Participation into the Supervision of New Rural Co-operative Medical System
The paper aims at researching into the contents, forms and influencing factors of farmers'participation into the supervision of New Rural Cooperative Medical System (hereinafter NRCMS). Through correspondence inquiries of the NRCMS work staff in some 263 pilot counties throughout China, the paper conducts quantitative and qualitative spot investigations among the NRCMS beneficiaries from Yuexi County, Jixi County, Nanling County and Ningguo City in Anhui Province. We believe that the influencing factors of farmers' participation into the supervision of NRCMS mainly include farmers'education background, time, and policy supporting. The contents of farmers'participation into the supervision of NRCMS mainly include compensation methods, circumstances of compensation reimbursement, medical charge and the fund spending. The forms of the supervision are informants'hot-line telephone, suggestion box, and village committee. The organizational form ofthe supervision is the NRCMS's supervisor system.