The political importance of health care is evidenced by the health care reform proposals of the Clinton administration in the United States and the deep involve ment of the government in the medical care securit
The health care sector has become a major component of the contemporary economies of Japan and the United States. It absorbs significant portions of the GDP in both countries, and places increasing stress on private, government, and corporate budgets. With so much at stake, arrangements for plann...
With infections in Tokyo and other heavily populated areas currently at high levels and hospitals already under strain treating serious cases despite a state of emergency, experts have warned there is little slack in the system. Even if the country succeeds in meeting its goal of fully...
Tokyo, Health and Welfare Statistics Association, 2004 ( in Japanese). Isomura K : Investigation of long-term follow-up system based on community, in: Annual Report of National Project Team Supported by the Research Grant for Cardiovascular Desease from Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan in ...
Kevin Frick (United States), Pr. Clare Gilbert (United Kingdom), Mr. Allyala Nandakumar (United States), Mr. Arun Bharat Ram (India), Dr. Serge Resnikoff (Switzerland), and Dr. Wang Wei (China). The Vision Impact Institute is a registered 501(c)(3) ...
The submission covering partial-onset seizures in pediatric patients was based on the results of a Phase III clinical study (Study 311) of Fycompa as adjunctive therapy in pediatric patients conducted in Japan, the United States and Europe. In Study 311 which evaluated Fycompa in pe...
But not even a great health-care system can cure death—and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours. Death is normal; we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions. We all understand that at some level, yet as medical ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -The new head of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) said the Japanese bank is watching closely for chances to buy assets in the United States, adding that the latest banking crisis hasn't dented its confidence in the world's biggest capital market. "The ...
In this context, our results should be interpreted cautiously in accordance with the characteristics of the healthcare system. This study, however, has several limitations. First, the medical claims database lacks laboratory data. As a calculation of severity scores, such as the SOFA score, was ...
InHealth Care Issues in the United States and Japan,contributors explore the structural characteristics of the health care systems in both nations, the economic incentives underlying the systems, and how they operate in practice. Japan’s system, they show, is characterized by generous insurance sche...