Health Care Issues In The United States And Japan
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Health Care Issues In The United States And Japan
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Author : David A. Wise
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2007-12-01
Health Care Issues In The United States And Japan written by David A. Wise and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems. Japan spends close to the lowest percentage of its gross domestic product on health care among OECD countries, the United States spends the highest, yet life expectancies in Japan are among the world’s longest. Clearly, a great deal can be learned from a comprehensive comparative analysis of health care issues in these two countries. In Health 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 schemes, a lack of gatekeepers, and fee-for-service mechanisms. The United States’ structure, on the other hand, is distinguished by for-profit hospitals, privatized health insurance, and managed care. But despite its relative success, an aging population and a general shift from infectious diseases to more chronic maladies are forcing the Japanese to consider a model more closely resembling that of the United States. In an age when rising health care costs and aging populations are motivating reforms throughout the world, this timely study will prove invaluable.
Health Care Systems In Japan And The United States
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Author : Ryuzo Sato
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-10-30
Health Care Systems In Japan And The United States written by Ryuzo Sato and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-30 with Business & Economics categories.
The health care sector has become a major component of the contemporary econo mies of Japan and the United States. It absorbs significant proportions of the GDP in both countries and places increasing stress on private, government and corporate budgets. As their income rises, the citizens ofJapan and the United States choose to allocate increasing portions of it on health care services because ofthe direct contri bution of health care services to prolonged life expectancy, reduced morbidity, or other indicators of improved health and well-being. The health care sector is a ma jor source ofemployment and affects the lives of all citizens. Adequate health care services are expected to have an important contribution to the quality of human life in any society. With so much at stake, arrangements for planning, financing, and operating health care service systems have increasingly come to be regarded as im portant economic and political issues. 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 security system in Japan. As policy makers in both countries look ahead to the coming decades, they realize that the imperatives of economic restructuring, globalization, and their rapidly aging socie ties will affect the way in which health care is organized, delivered, and financed.
Containing Health Care Costs In Japan
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Author : Naoki Ikegami
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1996-11-08
Containing Health Care Costs In Japan written by Naoki Ikegami and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-11-08 with Business & Economics categories.
DIVA comprehensive picture of costs in Japan's effective and efficient health care system. /div
The Art Of Balance In Health Policy
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Author : John Creighton Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-09-13
The Art Of Balance In Health Policy written by John Creighton Campbell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-13 with Medical categories.
Compared to the rest of the world, Japan has a healthy population but pays relatively little for medical care. This book analyses how the health care works, and how it came into being. Taking a comparative perspective, the authors describe the politics of health care, the variety of providers, the universal health insurance system, and how the fee-schedule constrains costs at both the macro and micro levels. Special attention is paid to issues of quality and to the difficult problems of assuring adequate high-tech medicine and long-term care. Although the authors discuss the drawbacks to Japan's stringent cost-containment policy, they also keep in mind the possible implications for reform in the United States. Egalitarian values and a concern for 'balance' among constituents, the authors argue, are essential for cost containment as well as for access to health care.
Comparative Health Care
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Author : Rachel Brunette
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Comparative Health Care written by Rachel Brunette and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Medical care categories.
Aging Issues In The United States And Japan
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Author : Seiritsu Ogura
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2007-11-01
Aging Issues In The United States And Japan written by Seiritsu Ogura and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with Social Science categories.
The population base in both the United States and Japan is growing older and, as those populations age, they provoke heretofore unexamined economic consequences. This cutting-edge, comparative volume, the third in the joint series offered by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, explores those consequences, drawing specific attention to four key areas: incentives for early retirement; savings, wealth, and asset allocation over the life cycle; health care and health care reform; and population projections. Given the undeniable global importance of the Japanese and U.S. economies, these innovative essays shed welcome new light on the complex correlations between aging and economic behavior. This insightful work not only deepens our understanding of the Japanese and American economic landscapes but, through careful examination of the comparative social and economic data, clarifies the complex relation between aging societies, public policies, and economic outcomes.
Health Care In Japan
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Author : Margaret Powell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-10-18
Health Care In Japan written by Margaret Powell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-18 with Medical categories.
The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the U.S. Department of State presents the full text of the fact sheet entitled "Health Care in Japan," published June 26, 2000. Japan has the longest life expectancy, with 77 years for men and 84 for women, and the lowest infant mortality rates in the world. Health care costs remain low in Japan. Japan focuses on preventive care, which has helped in containing costs. To address concerns of the aging of Japan's population, a public nursing care insurance system went into effect in April 2000.
Aging In The United States And Japan
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Author : Yukio Noguchi
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Aging In The United States And Japan written by Yukio Noguchi and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Japanese and American economists assess the present economic status of the elderly in the United States and Japan, and consider the impact of an aging population on the economies of the two countries. With essays on labor force participation and retirement, housing equity and the economic status of the elderly, budget implications of an aging population, and financing social security and health care in the 1990s, this volume covers a broad spectrum of issues related to the economics of aging. Among the book's findings are that workers are retiring at an increasingly earlier age in both countries and that, as the populations age, baby boomers in the United States will face diminishing financial resources as the ratio of retirees to workers sharply increases. The result of a joint venture between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, this book complements Housing Markets in the United States and Japan (1994) by integrating research on housing markets with economic issues of the aged in the United States and Japan.
Oecd Reviews Of Health Care Quality Portugal 2015 Raising Standards
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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05-27
Oecd Reviews Of Health Care Quality Portugal 2015 Raising Standards written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-27 with categories.
This report reviews the quality of health care in Portugal, seeks to highlight best practices, and provides a series of targeted assessments and recommendations for further improvements to quality of care.
Medical Technology In Japan
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Author : Christa Altenstetter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-08
Medical Technology In Japan written by Christa Altenstetter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with Medical categories.
Japan is suffering from a "device gap." Compared to its American and European counterparts, Japan lags in adopting innovative medical devices and making new treatments and procedures available to its patients. Many blame its government and bureaucracy for Japan's delayed access to modern medicine and new medical devices. Christa Altenstetter examines the contextual social, historical, and political conditions of Japan's medical field to make sense of the state of the country's medical profession and its regulatory framework. She explores the development of regulatory frameworks and considers possibilities for eventual reform and modernization. More specifically, Altenstetter looks into how physicians and device companies connect to the government and bureaucracy, the relationships connecting Japanese patients to their medical system and governmental bureaucracy, and how the relationships between policymakers and the medical profession are changing. The issues addressed here are becoming increasingly relevant as numerous countries in Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe are only now beginning to regulate medical technology, following the lead of the US and the European Union. Those interested in global medicine and Asian studies will find this book both informative and compelling.