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THE ART OF BALANCE IN HEALTH POLICY
MAINTAINING JAPAN'S LOW-COST, EGALITARIAN SYSTEM |
| By: |
John Creighton Campbell, Naoki Ikegami |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£102.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0511984049 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780511984044 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 October, 2011 |
| Description: |
Describes the politics and economics of health care in Japan and their implications for the USA. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
6 b/w illus. 3 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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