The Art of Balance in Health Policy
Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6082911 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael R Reich (0000-0003-3338-0612, corresponding author), John Creighton Campbell, Naoki Ikegami (Keio University) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 494 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Japanese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-6848 • E-ISSN: 1549-4721 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/133299 |
| OpenAlex | W2015621233 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
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
Balance (ability · Economics · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Political science · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.65 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2015 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |