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

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	February 2008
Authors:	John Creighton Campbell • Naoki Ikegami
Dimensions:	228 x 151 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-06505-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	0-521-06505-4
Barcode:	9780521065054

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