SAR HP 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Third Doctor, Copayment, Infant Mortality
4 Dec 2018
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Britain everything paid by the nhs, government. patients can choose which hospital to go to and they won"t pay medical bills. Doctors are paid by the government socialist organization. Doctors compete to survive doctors cannot lose patients to other hospitals otherwise the government will not pay them anymore. Doctors get a bonus when their patients are healthy increasing 100,000 dollars per year if all patients are healthy. Japan 130 million people. healthcare covers everyone and spend 1/2 of what americans spend. Japanese health care: for just 8% gdp they got great healthcare. They have the longest life expectancy and lowest infant mortality. Every one has to sign up in a health insurance plan, they don"t pay through taxes (like they do in. 80% of hospitals are private not a socialist organization in japan. Japanese go to the doctor 3 times more often than americans. They do not have to make an appointment to see a doctor.
