47. Medicare has instituted an incentive for hospitals to file their claims for reimbursement under the Malasakit system in a specific electronic format. Assume that the number of hospitals is steady at 1000, and that 5 and 70 hospitals switched in the first and second years, respectively. In order to plan for the upgrade of the Medicare's computer network, you must estimate the number for hospitals that will switch in each of the next 4 years, Assume the Gomperts curve applies. Hint: D = Le^{-ce^{-dt}} (For Gompertz curve) A. 10.3768 B. 10.8376 C. 10.7683 D. 10.6837
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