TY - BOOK ID - 14258363 TI - Health care issues in the United States and Japan AU - Wise, David A. AU - Yashiro, Naohiro AU - National Bureau of Economic Research. PY - 2006 SN - 0226902927 9786611224097 128122409X 0226903249 9780226903248 9781281224095 9780226902920 PB - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Medical care - Japan. KW - Medical care - United States. KW - Medical care. KW - Medical care KW - Health Care Reform KW - Insurance, Health KW - Quality of Health Care KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Services Administration KW - Insurance KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Health Policy KW - Patient Care Management KW - Health Planning KW - Health Care KW - Public Policy KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations KW - Financing, Organized KW - Social Control Policies KW - Economics KW - Policy KW - Social Control, Formal KW - Sociology KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - J7900 KW - J7910 KW - Japan: Science and technology -- medical science -- general and history KW - Japan: Science and technology -- medical science -- public health and general hygiene KW - E-books KW - J7950 KW - Japan: Science and technology -- medical science -- hospitals, nursing and care KW - united states of america, american, japan, japanese, political economy, politics, economics, government, governing, healthcare, health issues, medical, medicine, aging, age, disparity, effectiveness, life expectancy, comparative studies, insurance, for profit hospitals, privatized, chronic illnesses, diseases, treatments, reform, population, citizenship, citizenry, elderly, heart attack, nicotine, caregiving, geography, efficiency. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14258363 AB - 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. ER -