In 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 increases in the retired enrollee ratio, the rat...
Cost-benefit performance of robotic surgery compared with video- assisted thoracoscopic surgery under the Japanese National Health Insurance System. Ann Thorac Car- diovasc Surg 2015; 21: 95-101.Kajiwara N, Patrick Barron J, Kato Y, Kakihana M, Ohira T, Kawate N, Ikeda N (2015) Cost-...
The vast majority of hospitals accept standard Japanese health insurance and will bill you the standard 30%, so the financial side of your hospital visit shouldn’t be so stressful. Bear in mind though, that they often cost more if you don’t have a referral from a doctor. Also, they te...
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...
The authors reported that physical inactivity generated a substantial cost of international $53.8 billion, which is mostly paid by the public sector. The finance of healthcare costs, particularly by insurance premiums or taxes, implies that healthy individuals bear the burden arising from inactive ...
Medical costs of obese Japanese: a 10-year follow-up study of National Health Insurance in Shiga, Japan. Eur J Public Health, vol. 17, no. 5, pp... K Nakamura,T Okamura,H Kanda,... - 《Public Health》 被引量: 111发表: 2007年 Cost-effectiveness of intensive insulin therapy for typ...
The elderly and disabled are not required to pay insurance premiums. At present medical costs exceed income from premiums and uncontrolled expansion of high-technology high-cost medical services is a major problem. Progressive interaction of the two major health systems and more systematic use of ...
Japanese people are covered with comprehensive national health-care insurance system since 1960's. Recently, elderly people have increased rapidly and healthcare cost for them has reached to share 30% in national health care expenditure... H Ohmichi - 《Nippon Geka Gakkai Zasshi》 被引量: 9发表...
There are different kinds of health insurances – just like in any other country. I don’t want to go into details. 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...
Total lifetime cost and health outcomes amongst four policy options were evaluated, two each for nationwide routine JE vaccine introduction (“National”) and sub-national routine introduction in seven high-risk provinces where no JE vaccine had heretofore been introduced (“Sub-National”). Approxima...