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The health insurance system in Japan
— its history and significance | | Author(s) | Hidehisa Otsuji, Yoshio Gyoten |
| Journal title | Global Information Journal on Longevity and Society, 2008 |
| Publisher | International Longevity Center - ILC-Japan, Tokyo, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 28-37 |
| Source | International Longevity Center, 1-12-1 Takaido-Nishi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-8510, Japan. http://www.ilcjapan.org |
| Keywords | Health insurance ; Insurance [elderly] ; Social policy ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Japan's universal insurance system allows anyone anywhere anytime to receive advanced medical treatment repeatedly at a low cost. There is now growing concern over the future of this system, which has supported people since the end of World War II. In addition to issues such as soaring medical costs for social security, a shortage of doctors and nurses, hospital bankruptcies, and uninsured people, the essence of healthcare itself - i.e. what is good health, what is illness, what is death - is being redefined. Approximately 50 years have passed since health insurance became universal. The authors look at the history and think about what must be protected now. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090727208 A |
| Classmark | WPG: JG: TM2: 7DT |
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