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:
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- 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
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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.
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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