The Art of Balance in Health Policy: Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521571227)

Compared to the rest of the world, Japan has a healthy population but pays relatively little for medical care. Taking a comparative perspective, the authors describe the politics of health care in Japan, the variety of providers, the universal health insurance system, and how the fee schedule constrains costs. Special attention is paid to issues of quality, to the difficult problems of assuring adequate high-tech medicine and long-term care, and to possible lessons for the United States.

Author: John Campbell, Naoki Ikegami
ISBN-10: 0521571227
ISBN-13: 9780521571227
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/13/1998
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.44w x 0.85d