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Health insurance politics in Japan : policy development, government, and the Japan Medical Association / Takakazu Yamagishi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yamagishi, Takakazu, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Culture and politics of health care work.
- The culture and politics of health care work
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nihon Ishikai--Political activity???.
- Nihon Ishikai.
- Medical care--Political aspects--Japan.
- Medical care.
- Health insurance--Government policy--Japan.
- Health insurance.
- Medical policy--Japan--History--20th century.
- Medical policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Covering the period from the Meiji Restoration to the Abe administration, this book examines what has driven the development of health politics, particularly regarding health insurance policy, of Japan and what role the government and medical professionals have played in the policy development"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Westernizing medicine
- Reacting to deteriorating health
- Improving people's health for war
- Reforming health care with the United States
- Achieving universal health insurance
- Consolidating universal health insurance
- Making universal health insurance survive
- Japanese health care in the globalization era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 23, 2023)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Yamagishi, Takakazu, 1972- Health insurance politics in Japan
- ISBN:
- 9781501763502
- 9781501763519
- 1501763512
- OCLC:
- 1264172336
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