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Contents Task 1.........................................................................................................................21. Explanation on the concept of knowledge management and its roles in
relationship marketing for KPJ healthcare Berhad......................................................2
2. Explanation on the ways that CT can s!pport the c!stomer relationship
management process in the KPJ healthcare Berhad..................................................."
#. $escription of the %ene&ts of c!stomer relationship management in the KPJ
'ealthcare Berhad......................................................................................................(
". )ake recommendation for the impro*ement in c!stomer relationship
management for KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad....................................................................+
Task 2.........................................................................................................................,
1. Carry o!t a stakeholder analysis for Cons!mer -ssociation of Penang C-P/ and
'ospital 0aa Permais!ri Bain!n.................................................................................,
2. $escri%e the nat!re of the relationships with c!stomers within Cons!mer
-ssociation of Penang and 'ospital 0aa Permais!ri Bain!n....................................12
#. Compare methods !sed in marketing within the KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad 'ospital
0aa Permais!ri Bain!n and Cons!mer -ssociation of Penang C-P/.......................1#
". Explain the key iss!es in*ol*ed in marketing in 0!ral Transformation Centre
0TCs/ as a *irt!al organi3ation................................................................................14
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Task 1
1. Explanation on the concept of knowledge management and its rolesin relationship marketing for KPJ healthcare Berhad.
-ccording to 5roof and Jones 266#/ there are three important concept of
knowledge management which are data information and knowledge. The
data is raw and witho!t connection and can exist in any str!ct!re !sa%le or
not. 7or example n!m%ers in a spreadsheet are data. -s in KPJ 'ealthcare
Berhad of co!rse there will %e the collection of data of their patients. 8hile
information is the data that has %een gi*en meaning. 9s!ally the
spreadsheets ha*e %een !sed to create the information from all the collection
data that has %een collected. -fter the data of the patients %een collected
the KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad will create the data transform to the information
form. Then third of the concept is knowledge which all the information will %e
com%ined. The information of the patients will com%ined with !nderstanding
then ena%les action.
These knowledge management also di*ided to two main types of knowledge
which are explicit and tacit knowledge. Explicit knowledge is academic
knowledge or :know;what< that is descri%ed in formal lang!age print or
electronic media often %ased on esta%lished work processes !se people;to;doc!ments approach. n the KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad they also applied these
explicit knowledge. There will %e a trainer that may not ha*e cond!cted we%;
%ased training %efore %!t %ased on what the trainer has read and heard from
others he or she may know the exact se=!encing of steps to log in to the
8e% session and cond!ct the training.
Tacit knowledge is practical action;oriented knowledge or :know;how< %ased
on practice ac=!ired %y personal experience seldom expressed openly often
resem%les int!ition. Personal experience is a tacit knowledge. 'owe*er when
the person doc!ments the experiences then it will %ecomes explicit
knowledge. n KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad the company make a :training doctors
to %ecome specialists< and :smart partnership
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'ealthcare Berhad will tap on the skills of its specialist as it expands into the
postgrad!ate training of doctors. Thro!gh this program the n!rses will %e
trained for its own specialist hospitals as well as other hospitals in the
co!ntry. Prof >okman said that a%o!t 466 places are o?ered !nder the
postgrad!ate clinical specialist programmed at 9ni*ersiti Ke%angsaan
)alaysia 9K)/ 9ni*ersiti )alaya and 9ni*ersiti @ains )alaysia. 9ni*eristi
P!tra )alaysia the nternational slamic 9ni*ersity )alaysia and 9ni%ersiti
Teknologi )-0- ha*e also started o?ering the specialist training. KPJ in the
Aews 2612/.
7!rthermore thro!gh :smart partnership< program KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad
will colla%orate with 9K) in order to implement the postgrad!ate
programme. This also one of tacit knowledge that has %een done in KPJ
'ealthcare Berhad. They will exec!te the 9K) ed!cational mod!les %!t with
the inno*ation and deli*ery methods that s!it them. By this the training of
these doctors will %e like an apprenticeship which is one;to;one %asis. KPJ in
the Aews 2612/. These specialists will assess their st!dents skills and
knowledge. This showed one of the excellent example of a smart partnership
%etween p!%lic and pri*ate higher ed!cation instit!tions in order to deli*er an
inno*ati*e specialist training programme.
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2. Explanation on the ways that IT can s!pport the c!stomerrelationship management process in the KPJ healthcare Berhad
KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad has implemented )icrosofts Dce #4( and clo!d
sol!tions in order to !pgrade and moderni3e its o*erall T infrastr!ct!re. KPJ
'ealthcare streamlines T ops with Dce #4( 261#/. The company !sed
these T %y standardi3ation of Dce s!pport for in;ward applications and all
the KPJs data center was set !p on )icrosoft ri*als platform to host its
'ospital nformation Technology @ystem and Clinical nformation @ystem. By
!sing )icrosofts Dce #4( and clo!d sol!tion in KPJ its %ecome more
comprehensi*e easy to deploy sol!tion and its will comes with long term
c!stomer s!pport.
Thro!gh this implementation KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad a%le to make
standardi3ation of its email systems to the clo!d;%ased Dce #4( for the
%oth T s!pport team and also the hospital sta? end;!sers. This will make KPJ
'ealthcare Berhad easier to manage their c!stomers and at the same time
create a good relationship with the c!stomers as well. n 261" KPJ 'ealthcarehas %een awarded for :Excellence in 'ealthcare T mplementation
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f!rther enhance prod!cti*ity and =!ality of care empowering tolerant
gro!ping as per their own clinical re=!irements rather than %y their ailment.
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". #escription of the $ene%ts of c!stomer relationship management inthe KPJ &ealthcare Berhad
C!stomer 0elationship )anagement C0)/ has %een recogni3ed since the
mid of 1GG6s and there are many ind!stries or companies experiencing
increased demand from their c!stomers for higher =!ality and less f!33y
access to ser*ice. t sho!ld %e a s!ccessf!l C0) if the company a%le to meets
the %!siness o%ecti*es s!ch as c!stomer ac=!isition c!stomer retention
c!stomer satisfaction c!stomer loyalty %etter c!stomer ser*ice or any
o%ecti*es set %y the company.
ne of the %ene&ts of C0) toward KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad is impro*ed
c!stomer experience toward the hospital. Thro!gh the C0) patients are
more easily and precisely segmented their re=!irements identi&ed and
%eca!se the stat!s of a KPJ 'ealthcare Berhads relationship with them is
acc!rately tracked. ther than that KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad also can interact
with them de&nitely at the right times leading to more sales faster sales and
higher c!stomer retention and satisfaction. C0) will empower the clinic to
send the right message to the right indi*id!als at the perfect time in this
manner permitting them to take %etter care of their well%eing. These
additionally can help client de*otion. 8ith respect to ill!stration KPJ
'ealthcare Berhad can send ladies t!rning "6 a s!ggestion to get a
mammography. n the meantime KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad can o?er a incenti*e
for example a markdown co!pon to a spa.
@econd thro!gh C0) its also gi*e %ene&ts in term of %y impro*es the
%ottom line of the company. - C0) allowed the KPJ to foc!s on their e?orts
on the most pro&ta%le c!stomers patients or doctors/ and indi*id!als who
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Hresem%leH hospital most prod!cti*e clients. 7or example in the e*ent that
the hospital are doing an ad*ancement for prostate screenings C0) will
allow KPJ to target men who not !st are well on the way to re=!ire these
ser*ices howe*er will likewise %e more gainf!l clients for KPJ. C0)
additionally can enhance KPJ %ottom line %y %ringing down the marketing
cost. @ince KPJ know the %est indi*id!als to market to what to market to
them and which interchanges channels to !tili3e the company dont need to
spend thro!gh cash promoting to others.
7!rthermore the other %ene&ts of C0) is a%le create a good colla%oration.
Thro!gh the C0) KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad a%le to mo*e away from tools s!ch
as spreadsheets which will appear to %e entirely f!nctional %!t fall short in
*ariety of areas. ne of the %iggest colla%oration is e*en in a small
organi3ation the entire c!stomer lifecycle is typically too complex to %e
managed e?ecti*ely %y one person. -s in KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad itself the
company is !sing clo!d;%ased C0) platforms that will allows for the
employees in m!ltiple departments to %e more e?ecti*ely manage their
c!stomer relationships and also to see the %ig pict!re at any time.
>astly thro!gh C0) it also can help the company to achie*e their goals %y
making impro*ement of the health of comm!nity. This might appear to %e
!nreasona%le since the company might %e decreasing the =!antity of
indi*id!als to whom they are target. 'owe*er consider itThro!gh foc!sing
on the company is sending their messages to the general pop!lation who
most need the ser*ices. Enhancing the main iss!e will free !p assets for
charity care and di?erent acti*ities to help the company %etter ser*e to the
entire gro!p.
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'. (ake recommendation for the impro)ement in c!stomer relationshipmanagement for KPJ &ealthcare Berhad.
n order to make an impro*ement in c!stomer relationship management forKPJ 'ealthcare Berhad the company sho!ld make the C0) system easy to
!se for their employees. -ccording to Aikola!s Kimla CE of Pipelinersales
he said that research the potential C0) 0 for e*ery concerned employee
and department %efore C0) p!rchase. @chi? 261"/. -ll the employees in KPJ
'ealthcare Berhad sho!ld know how to !se the C0) system. The company
itself need to &nd o!t what each of their employees really want from C0)
and what it needs to do for them as well. The implementation of C0) co!ld
%e diDc!lt to %e done if the KPJ !na%le to g!ide their employees on how to!se the C0) system. ts also *ery important for KPJ to c!stomi3e the C0)
system in order to make the C0) is &t with the needs of all their employees
and also the cons!mer.
@econd the data of C0) system sho!ld %e !pdated or !p to date. The C0)
that !sed %y KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad sho!ld ha*e a consistent process in order
for !pdating and managing the patient data. There will %e diDc!lties to get
all the sales representati*e in order to enter the c!stomer information e*ery
time they are working on a deal. 'owe*er the KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad can
pro*ide an easy;to;!se application that will ens!re the gen!ine data is
collected e*ery time. The KPJ itself also need to spend the time and money
for keeping the data of their c!stomers fresh clean and !p to date.
7!rthermore a great spot to %egin is to exec!te proced!res to anticipate and
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e*ac!ate copy records aDxing and cleaning information with redesigned
&rmographic *aria%les and keeping email addresses clean and Iagged when
they are o%ser*ed to %e in*alid. @chi? 261"/.
-part from that the other impro*ement that can %e made is %y doing the
colla%oration with other social media. KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad can make an
integration on their C0) with the social medial platforms s!ch as 7ace%ook
Twitter and else. Thro!gh these colla%oration it will allows !sers to insert a
new contacts email address and detect *irt!ally e*ery social media pro&le
related to the email address. 8ith access to these social media pro&les KPJ
can see where their leads and contacts fre=!ently post. Thro!gh these
impro*ements the KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad sho!ld %e a%le !sed the C0)
system %etter and lead to good performance of the hospital.
Task 2
1. arry o!t a stakeholder analysis for ons!mer *ssociation of Penang+*P, and &ospital -aa Permais!ri Bain!n
@takeholder analysis is the techni=!e !sed to identify the key people who
ha*e to %e won o*er. -ccording to 7reeman 1G,"/ a stakeholder is any
person or organi3ation who can %e positi*ely or negati*ely impacted %y or
ca!se an impact on the action of a company. The importance of !sing
stakeholder analysis is to identify the en*ironment of the company identify
stakeholders :s!ccess criteria
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/E0E/ I3TE-E4T
P 1 5 E -
/5 &I6&
/5 - )inimal e?ort/
;Contri%!tors
BKeep informed/
;Participants
&I6& CKeep satis&ed/ $Key players/
;$epartment of
en*ironment of Penang
)inistry of $omestic Trade
of Penang
;Co;operati*es
cons!merism of Penang
;5o*ernmentBased on the &g!re most of the stakeholders are %ecome the key players of
the strategy %een done. These stakeholders ha*e a high power and high le*el
of interest. @ince the campaign was the colla%oration among the C-P with
$epartment of En*ironment )inistry of $omestic Trade and Co; operati*es
and cons!merism of co!rse they ha*e their own power for managed the
campaign. These stakeholders were the organi3er of the campaign in
con!nction with 8orld En*ironment $ay on 1( J!ly 2612 at Kepala Batas
Penang. -part from that these stakeholders ha*e high le*el of interest
toward the campaign %eca!se they reali3e the %ene&ts of these campaign to
the participants and also the comm!nity. Cycling is good for health and its
can red!ces death risks. Thro!gh cycling the organi3er also reali3e that these
can take good care of the en*ironmental that lead healthy cons!mer.
Then the participants of the campaign were categori3ed as in B keep
informed/ which they ha*e a low power and high le*el of interest. The
participation was free and open to the p!%lic that interested to oin with. The
participants ha*e low power %eca!se they did not ha*e any power toward the
campaign either to decide to manage the campaign. They only the person
who got interested with the campaign since the campaign will %e the
mo*ement for good health and en*ironmental and economic s!staina%ility.
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7!rthermore these participants also will get many %ene&ts from the
campaign and its free of charge.
>astly is the contri%!tors toward C-P. These contri%!tors are the donor that
sincerely donate to C-P in term of monetary or work force. They can %e
categori3ed in - minimal e?ort/ which has low power and low le*el of
interest. @ince the contri%!tors are not &x e*ery time which they are from
di?erent person of co!rse they did not ha*e high power toward the
campaign. They will %e !st agree with the strategy as long as the strategy
will gi*e the %ene&ts toward the comm!nity. The le*el of interest also will %e
low %eca!se they did not *ery interested with the strategy since they are !st
gi*ing the donation sincerely.
'ospital 0aa Permais!ri Bain!n has in*ol*ed with one new strategy named
EK@- Ekosistem Kond!sif @ektor -wan/. The EK@- a%le has taken initiati*es
to impro*e the implementation of (@ practices which now re%randed to
:Ekosistem Kond!sif @ektor -wam EK@-/ope -hmad %in 0aa -riDn is the director of '0PB will ha*e high power
and high le*el of interest. thers than that the other stakeholder are the
comm!nity patients go*ernment employees and %oard of director.
/E0E/ I3TE-E4T/5 &I6&
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P 1 5 E -
/5 - )inimal e?ort/ BKeep informed/
;Patients
;Employees
&I6& CKeep satis&ed/
;5o*ernment
$Key players/
;$irector
;Board of director
Based on the ta%le the director is the key player that has high power and
high le*el of interest toward the strategy that has %een implemented. The
director is play the important roles for deciding the implementation of EK@-.
f the director did not agree with the implementation of the EK@- it cannot
%e done %!t if he agree with that implementation then the EK@- can %e done
for '0PB. Then the le*el of interest also high %eca!se he will one of the
stakeholder that interested to do the implementation of EK@-. These EK@-
will gi*e the %ene&ts toward the hospital itself which a%le to increase the
corporate image of the hospital that will %ring to the good =!ality of the
hospital.
Then the %oard of director also the key player that ha*e a high power and
high le*el of interest toward the implementation of EK@- in '0PB. The %oard
of director will %ecome the important person in the organi3ation of hospital
since they will %e the s!pporti*e for the director. n the meeting these %oard
of director will gi*e the s!ggestion and make a decision together with the
director. f co!rse the %oard of director ha*e a high le*el of interest toward
the implementation of EK@- since they will the one who implement the
strategy in the hospital. Thro!gh the implementation of EK@- its will create
creati*ity and inno*ation of acti*ity and also enco!rage the practice of 5o
5reen.
8hile the go*ernment is categori3ed as keep satis&ed that has a high power
and low le*el of interest. @ince the '0PB is %ased on the go*ernment the
go*ernment has high power toward the hospital. The go*ernment has
pro*ided the &nancial for the hospital that owned %y the go*ernment. 8hen
the go*ernfment ask all the go*ernment hospital to implement the EK@-
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then these go*ernment hospital sho!ld follow the instr!ction gi*en. 'owe*er
the le*el of interest is low %eca!se the go*ernment is not the one that will
arrange the implementation %!t the go*ernment only gi*e the order.
The patients and the employees of '0PB categori3ed in B keep informed/
which they ha*e low power %!t high le*el of interest. The patients as the
cons!mer of the hospital and of co!rse they want the %est ser*ice %y the
hospital. Thro!gh the EK@- the arrangement and facilities in the hospital will
%e %etter that can ser*e the patients with high satisfaction. Then the
employees will %e the person who make s!re the implementation of EK@-
clearly %e done. B!t they did not ha*e high power to against these
implementation.
2. #escri$e the nat!re of the relationships with c!stomers withinons!mer *ssociation of Penang and &ospital -aa Permais!riBain!n
Cons!mer -ssociation of Penang has create a good nat!re of relationship with
their c!stomers thro!gh organi3ing an :9r%an 5arden Training< with whom
that keen in practicing own gardening as well. 9r%an 5arden Training 2614/. The training was held on 12th )arch 2614 at C-P oDce in Penang. n these
training C-P has made the demonstration on con*erting the kitchen waste
into compost pot mixt!re and techni=!es of growing *egeta%les. The C-P will
%e together with the cons!mers that interested to oin the training which its
ena%le C-P to create a network %esides of creating good relationship with the
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comm!nity. -part from that these :9r%an 5arden Training< also %ene&cial
toward the en*ironmental and the p!%lic itself. t is *ital for s!staina%le
agric!lt!re.
-ccording to the )alaysian nsider one of the participant that li*es in a
do!%le storey terrace home practice the :9r%an 5arden Training< e*en
tho!gh his home has limited space. 'is *egeta%les are all organic which are
!sing only compost to fertili3e them. Thro!gh these training its %ecome one
of so!rce of income since he needs to %ear his nine children. 7!rthermore he
said that in a day its can sa*e 0)1( which is a%o!t 0)"66 a month on food.
Therefore C-P has create the awareness toward the comm!nity and at the
same time C-P a%le to make a good relationship with the cons!mer.
'ospital 0aa Permais!ri Bain!n colla%orate with Per%adanan Pem%ang!nan
Pertanian Aegeri Perak PPPAP/ organi3e a campaign named as :Kempen
$erma $arah< 'ospital 0aa Permais!ri Bain!n 'argai @okongan PPPAP
2612/.Thro!gh these campaign the hospital can increase the health
awareness among the cons!mer and at the same time these will promote the
image of the hospital. -part from that the hospital also make an exhi%ition
and medical check!p toward the workers of PPPAP. The program also saw the
attit!de of high concern among employees of PPPAP when a corporation had
%een recei*ed *ery enco!raging. ts also create a good relationship with the
p!%lic that participate with the campaign.
". ompare methods !sed in marketing within the KPJ &ealthcareBerhad7 &ospital -aa Permais!ri Bain!n and ons!mer *ssociationof Penang +*P,
KPJ 'ealthcare
Berhad
'ospital 0aa
Permais!ri Bain!n
Cons!mer
-ssociation of
Penang C-P/Prod!ct ;'igh;tech
e=!ipment
nno*ati*e clinical
comm!nications
;'ealth ser*ice
;)edical check;!p
;@pecialist Clinic
Complex
;7oc!s on
ho!sehold children
women men
;Pro*ide information
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technology/
;7!lly e=!ipped
with *ario!s
facilities 2(
hospitals in
)alaysia 2 inndonesia 1 in
Thailand and 1 in
Bangladesh
;KPJ 9ni*ersity
College
;$aily Care
Complex
;GG6 %eds 14
operation halls
to cons!mer
; C-P )oney tips
; C-P health tips
; C-P ho!sehold tips
; C-P food tips
; C-P green tips
Price 'igh
@!per del!xe
class pri*ate class
c!%ical class
;Control %y
go*ernment
;7ree medicines
;Aon monetary
incenti*es
Place ;The hospital that
operate in
)alaysia
ndonesia Thailand
Bangladesh
;'ealth to!rism
;KPJ 7ace%ook
;Dcial we%site ;Dcial we%site
Promotio
n
;Joint *ent!re with
To!ch A 5o @dn
Bhd %y o?ering a
1(L disco!nt on
Exec!ti*e
@creening Packages
to all To!ch As 5o
cardholders.
;Joint program with
@C@ which all
workers aged "6
a%o*e who
contri%!te to the
national social
sec!rity
organi3ation will %e
entitled to free
health screening.
;-ttract
shareholders %y
o?ering disco!nt
;Promote medical
colleges
;8ord of mo!th
%eca!se the
patients who come
to a hospital
generally ha*e the
old patients of that
hospital as
referrals.
;)edia s!ch as
newspapers
maga3ines o!rnal
;Press release
Physical ;-nn!al report ;Employee dress ;0eport from media
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e*idence ;-ward
infrastr!ct!re logo
;Emergency room
;'ospital co!nter
;)edical records
management
;-ward certi&cate
)@ @ G661;Ba%y;friendly
hospital
;
Process ;
!tpatientmeeting
doctor at appointed
time;diagnosis;
treatment;
simple
medication/
inpatient
npatient Joining
phase;the
intensi*e
cons!mption
phase;
detachment
phase/
People ;@takeholders
employees
c!stomers
;11424 employees
Employees
doctors n!rses
s!pporting sta?
;Mol!nteers
;Patients clients
c!stomers
prospecti*e patients
pro*iders sta?
management
Based on the prod!ct these organi3ation ha*e some same prod!ct and also
di?er a little. The KPJ 'ealthcare Berhad is one of pri*ate organi3ation which
is )alaysias leading pri*ate healthcare ser*ice pro*ider. These organi3ation
has high technology e=!ipment and mostly they pro*ide an inno*ati*e
clinical and comm!nications technology. ts f!lly e=!ipped with *ario!s
facilities. KPJ has 2( hospitals in )alaysia 2 in ndonesia 1 in Thailand and 1
in Bangladesh. KPJ also o?ered the KPJ 9ni*ersity College. Then 'ospital 0aa
Permais!ri Bain!n '0PB/ is one of the go*ernment sector organi3ation and
categori3ed as )alaysias )inistry of 'ealths third largest hospital after
'ospital K!ala >!mp!r and 'ospital P!la! Pinang. This hospital is o?ering
health ser*ice and also medical check;!p. ts facilities are concl!ded with
specialist clinic complex daily care complex with GG6 %eds and 14 operation
halls. 8hile the Cons!mer -ssociation of Penang C-P/ is non;pro&t
organi3ation that o?ering on the ho!sehold children women and men. C-P is
more to the cons!mer %ene&ts and they will take good care the cons!mer.
-part from that C-P also pro*ide the information to cons!mer a%o!t the
money tips health tips ho!sehold tips food tips and green tips.
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n term of price these three organi3ation ha*e di?erent type
of prices. 7or KPJ since its categori3ed as pri*ate sector the
price will %e higher rather than others. This sector o?ered
s!per del!xe class pri*ate class and also c!%ical class.
There also di?erent price for s!rgery in e*ery specialist
pro%lem %ased on &g!re %elow.
8hile for '0PB the price is control %y the go*ernment. 9s!ally
the patients only need to pay for 0)1 in order to !se the
ser*ice o?ered %y the hospital. 'owe*er the medicines
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pro*ided %y the hospital is free. Then C-P did not &x their
price since they are non;monetary incenti*es. These
organi3ation is not %ased on the pro&t %!t they are
*ol!nteering to help the comm!nity.
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