Health care issues in the United States and Japan / edited by David A. Wise and Naohiro Yashiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wise, David A.

Yashiro, Naohiro, 1946-

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Japan.

Medical care.

Medical care--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Healthcare issues in the United States and Japan

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems. Japan spends close to the lowest percentage of its gross domestic product on health care among OECD countries, the United States spends the highest, yet life expectancies in Japan are among the world's longest. Clearly, a great deal can be learned from a comprehensive comparative analysis of health care issues in these two countries. In Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan, contributors explore the structural characteristics of the health care systems in both nations, the economic incentives underlying the systems, and how they operate in practice. Japan's system, they show, is characterized by generous insurance schemes, a lack of gatekeepers, and fee-for-service mechanisms. The United States' structure, on the other hand, is distinguished by for-profit hospitals, privatized health insurance, and managed care. But despite its relative success, an aging population and a general shift from infectious diseases to more chronic maladies are forcing the Japanese to consider a model more closely resembling that of the United States. In an age when rising health care costs and aging populations are motivating reforms throughout the world, this timely study will prove invaluable.

Contents:

Front matter

National Bureau of Economic Research

Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Evaluating Japan's Health Care Reform of the 1990's and Its Efforts to Cope with Population Aging

2. The U.S. Medical Care System for the Elderly

3. An International Look at the Medical Care Financing Problem

4. Removing the Instability and Inequity in the Japanese Health Insurance System

5. The Volume-Outcome Relationship in Japan: The Case of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Volume on Mortality of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Patients

6. Market Concentration, Efficiency, and Quality in the Japanese Home Help Industry

7. A Comparison of the Quality of Health Care in the United States and Japan: Treatment and Outcomes for He art Attack Patients

8. Geography and the Use of Effective Health Care in the United States

9. Does Caregiving Affect Work? Evidence Based on Prior Labor Force Experience

10. Conjoint Analysis to Estimate the Demand for Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Japan

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611224097

9781281224095

128122409X

9780226903248

0226903249

OCLC:

437247636