Japanese National Health Insurance systemJapanIn this study, I examine the cost inefficiency and production inefficiency of municipal insurers operating under the Japanese National Health Insurance system. I employ insurer-level panel data for 2005 and 2010 and adopt stochastic frontier cost and ...
Japanese National Health Insurance systemJapanIn this study, we employ the stochastic frontier cost and production models to examine the effects of several factors and situations that the Japanese National Health Insurance insures currently face on their financial inefficiency. We find that increas...
The participants were 4502 community dwelling Japanese National Health Insurance (NHI) beneficiaries aged 40-69 years. According to their baseline BMI values (kg/m²), participants were classified into the following three categories: BMI < 18.5, 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25.0 and 25.0 ≤ BMI. Medical ...
Yet, policy analysts on both sides are intrigued and often envious of the other's success. Americans can learn from the central regulation of Japanese national health insurance and from Japan's stellar health status and its recent political commitment to long-term care. The Japanese can learn ...
prevention of hearing loss and better genetic counseling.9 Recently, the panel screening of multiple mutations by invader assay10 was reported to be very efficient.9 Genetic testing by invader assay is now performed throughout Japan, and the Japanese National Health Insurance began to cover its cos...
Japan’s medical system: Public, private, universal, national, state, single payer - which is it? Japan has universal public healthcare: it’s a legal requirement for all Japanese citizens to have the health insurance provided by the state. This coverage is quite thorough and entitles people ...
Treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL, type 2 reaction) using thalidomide provides effective alternative choice to steroid therapy. Yet, the Japanese National Health Insurance approves thalidomide prescription only for the treatment of multiple myeloma under the Thalidomide Education and Risk Management...
Medical cost for disability: a longitudinal observation of national health insurance beneficiaries in Japan. OBJECTIVES : To measure the impact of disability on the use of medical care and its costs. DESIGN : A 1-year prospective cohort study of National Health In... I Tsuji,A Kuwahara,Y Nish...
Probably the most common (also among foreigners) is the “kokumin kenko hoken” (国民健康保険), the “National Health Insurance“, which will cover 70% of (most) of your medical bills. For me that means that I have to pay 30% of the bill every single time I go and see a doctor –...
Nowadays Kampo is widely used by health care practitioners in Japan and is integrated into the modern health care system. Nearly 148 different formulations of Kampo can be prescribed within the Japanese national health insurance system. Kampo practitioners are also able to use decoctions, selecting ...