在对现行医疗体制不满的呼声中, 我们不能不关注比城镇居民人数更为 庞大的另一个人群——全国9亿农民, 尤其是5亿中西部农民。2003年我国农 民的人均收入是2622元,农民住院人 均费用是2236元。正所谓“救护车一 响,一头猪白养;住一次院,一年活 白干”。相当多的农民生病后不去医院 就诊,需要住院也不去住院。 In the voice of dissatisfaction with the current medical system, we cannot but pay attention to another population that is even larger than the number of urban residents - the country’s 900 million farmers, especially the 500 million middle and western farmers. In 2003, the per capita income of farmers in our country was 2,622 yuan, and the per capita cost of farmers in hospitals was 2,236 yuan. As the saying goes, “An ambulance rings and a pig feeds on the ground; live in a hospital for a year and live on.” A considerable number of farmers do not go to the hospital after getting sick and need to be hospitalized and not hospitalized.