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Japanese Healthcare

COMPARING HEALTHCARE

JAPAN

UNITED STATES

  • In 2011, The United states was number ranked No. 33. The average age of death being 77.

o Male’s ranked 36 age was 76

  • In 2011, Japan was the country with the longest life expectancy. The average age of death being 83.

o Males in Japan ranked 12 in the world age 79

o Females in Japan ranked number 1 age 86

JAPAN IS CURRENTLY RANKED NO. 3

THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY RANKED NO. 53

Overall efficiency in all WHO member United States ranks 37-uncertainty interval:

0.817-0.859.

Overall efficiency in all WHO member Japan ranks number 10-uncertainty interval: 0.948-0.965

Common Japanese Diseases

& Prevention Methods

.

The 10 Leading causes of Death:

Is the healthcare system well accepted in Japan?

Japan's successful healthcare can be greatly attributed to:

  • Primary Prevention
  • Secondary Prevention

Japan's downfall in disease prevention:

  • Tertiary Prevention

.

  • Yes. “The Japanese are justly proud of their health-care system. People get good basic care and are never bankrupted by medical bills”

  • Some complaints are that patients would like to spend more time with their doctors

  • Also complain of long waits in the emergency rooms

United States Health Statistics

.

How accessible is Japanese healthcare?

The 10 Leading causes of Death:

How is Japan's healthcare system financed?

References

Group Members

Employees and their dependents under the age of 75 are

required to have health insurance by either:

  • Their employers (if employed by large companies) or
  • Japan Health Insurance Association (if employed by small or medium-sized companies)

Population under the age of 75 that are unemployed, self-employed, retired, and others, are covered by municipal-run “Citizens Health Insurance” plans.

Population 75 years and over are covered by health insurance plans operated by insurers established in each prefecture (“Health Insurance for the Old-Old”).

Residents, noncitizens and long-term visitors also are required to obtain coverage.

Undocumented immigrants are NOT covered.

Commonwealth Fund. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund Report/2012/Nov/1645_Squires_intl_profiles_hlt_care_systems_2012.pdf

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Syrel Ramirez

Christian Villao

Jaclyn Perez

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• The public health system:

• For citizens, Health Insurance insurers taxed premiums on:

o Per-capital

o Per-household

o Income-related

o Asset-related basis

• Employer-based premium rates vary between 3% and 10% of their income

• Smaller employee companies and medium sized company rates are around 10%

• Government employees & some groups of professionals are covered by their own system of insurers.

United States

  • The United States spends more on health care than Japan, Germany, France, China, the U.K., Italy, Canada, Brazil, Spain and Australia COMBINED.
  • Back in 1960, an average of $147 per person on health care in the United States.
  • Price setting is not regulated by government.

Japan

Under age 75 & Employed:

  • Coverage offered either by their employers or the JHIA
  • Government-managed plans, Society-managed plans, Mutual aid association, & Plans for day laborers

•Under age 75 & Unemployed or Self-employed:

  • Covered by municipal-run plans or by national health insurance societies
  • Based on reported income and assets as well as on the number of individuals per household.

Age 75 and over:

  • Financed by Health Services System for the Elderly & by taxes on premium payments to all insurers of employees and the self- employed

Japan offers a universal public healthcare system:

  • All residents are covered
  • Premiums are based on income and ability to pay
  • Generally the governments pays 70% and resident 30%
  • All plans provide the same national benefits package
  • There is strong government regulation (national fee schedule).

Health Priorities:

Services offered by national benefits package:

  • smoking
  • cardiovascular
  • diabetes
  • hyperlipidemia
  • hospital care
  • ambulatory care
  • mental health care
  • approved prescription drugs
  • most dental care
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