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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463601803321

Autore

Yamagishi Takakazu <1972->

Titolo

War and health insurance policy in Japan and the United States : World War II to postwar reconstruction / / Takakazu Yamagishi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-4214-0091-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi , 189 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

368.38/200973

Soggetti

Medical policy - United States - History - 20th century

Health insurance - United States - History - 20th century

Medical policy - Japan - History - 20th century

Health insurance - Japan - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care - Japan

Electronic books.

Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: pt. I PREWAR DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE -- 1.Learning from Germany: Japan before 1937 -- 2.Catching Up with Europe: The United States before 1941 -- pt. II HEALTH SECURITY AS NATIONAL SECURITY -- 3.Creating a Public Health Insurance System: Japan, 1937-1945 -- 4.Forming a Hybrid Health Insurance System: The United States, 1941-1945 -- pt. III HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD -- 5.Consolidating the Hybrid Health Insurance System: The United States, 1945-1952 -- 6.Restoring the Public Health Insurance System: Japan, 1945-1952.