04669nam 2200685Ia 450 991045863880332120200520144314.01-281-22409-X97866112240970-226-90324-910.7208/9780226903248(CKB)1000000000404180(EBL)408311(OCoLC)437247636(SSID)ssj0000169461(PQKBManifestationID)11159287(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169461(PQKBWorkID)10203315(PQKB)10307498(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115814(MiAaPQ)EBC408311(DE-B1597)524460(OCoLC)1135571706(DE-B1597)9780226903248(Au-PeEL)EBL408311(CaPaEBR)ebr10216937(CaONFJC)MIL122409(EXLCZ)99100000000040418020051121d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHealth care issues in the United States and Japan[electronic resource] /edited by David A. Wise and Naohiro YashiroChicago University of Chicago Pressc20061 online resource (272 p.)National Bureau of Economic Research conference reportDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-90292-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --National Bureau of Economic Research --Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Evaluating Japan's Health Care Reform of the 1990's and Its Efforts to Cope with Population Aging --2. The U.S. Medical Care System for the Elderly --3. An International Look at the Medical Care Financing Problem --4. Removing the Instability and Inequity in the Japanese Health Insurance System --5. The Volume-Outcome Relationship in Japan: The Case of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Volume on Mortality of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Patients --6. Market Concentration, Efficiency, and Quality in the Japanese Home Help Industry --7. A Comparison of the Quality of Health Care in the United States and Japan: Treatment and Outcomes for He art Attack Patients --8. Geography and the Use of Effective Health Care in the United States --9. Does Caregiving Affect Work? Evidence Based on Prior Labor Force Experience --10. Conjoint Analysis to Estimate the Demand for Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Japan --Contributors --Author Index --Subject IndexRecent 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.National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.Medical careJapanMedical careUnited StatesElectronic books.Medical careMedical care362.10952Wise David A124389Yashiro Naohiro1946-919300National Bureau of Economic Research.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458638803321Health care issues in the United States and Japan2188642UNINA