Unless the system of medical insurance and reimbursement of healthcare providers changes, the combination of increasing technological advances, an ageing population, and unconstrained demand will produce a crisis in Japanese health care. Japan is only belatedly waking up to this crisis. The Japanese ...
Healthcare isn’t free but it’s relatively inexpensive. In addition to having to pay monthly premiums into the public health insurance system, Japanese citizens pay 30% of their medical bills themselves - bills that are closely regulated by the state, so that they never become unaffordable. T...
Health care systems in transition II Japan, Part I An overview of the Japanese health care systems Yumiko A,Ikegami N.Health care systems in transition II.Japan,Part I.An overview of the Japanese health care systems. Journal of Public Health Medicine . 1998Yumiko A,Ikegami N. Health care ...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the value of organized care by comparing the clinical outcomes and healthcare expenditure between the conventional Japanese "integrated care across specialties within one hospital" mode of providing healthcare and the prospective approach of "organized care across separate facilities ...
The Japanese healthcare system. BMJ. 2005;331:648–9. 14. Fire and Disaster Management Agency. A survey on patient acceptance of medical institutions in ambulance services [In Japanese]. 2008 March 11. Available from: http://www.fdma.go.jp/neuter/topics/ houdou/200311/200311–3houdou.pdf...
Since 1961, the Japanese public healthcare system based on the universal health insurance system has contributed to raising the level of health and life expectancy of the Japanese people through improving the equity in access to healthcare and the quantity and quality of healthcare services. On th...
The Japanese universal-healthcare system is a cornerstone of society such as only a few European countries have. Societal growth since World War II, and even social stability, one could argue, have been linked with a healthcare system that has consistently provided universal, rel...
Though it may not be perfect, thehealthcare system in Japanmakes receiving medical care a relatively cheapo-friendly experience. This is great, but if you don’t speak Japanese, the experience can easily turn into one of frustration and confusion—not great when you feel like you’re going ...
However, whether or not this target level is optimal depends on two elements: the first is future technological breakthroughs in the medical field, and the second is whether or not the Japanese healthcare system, which is based on the medical doctors' monopoly over medical/healthcare treatments,...
This article updates readers as to what is new in the Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis