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The Art of Balance in Health Policy - Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System (Paperback)
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The Art of Balance in Health Policy - Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System (Paperback)
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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.
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