PBHL 2214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Otto Von Bismarck, Shinkansen, Belly Dance
5 Jan 2017
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They have better healthcare cover everyone and at half the cost. Longest healthy life expectancy and lowest infant mortality rate. Everyone has to sign up for health insurance through work or community based insurer. The government picks up the tab for too poor. No gate keepers they can go see any specialists. The visit lasts around 3 minutes-5 min it"s just a health checkup. Have twice as many mris as americans and 8x the amount as british. Jap health ministry controls the price of healthcare to the smallest detail. Every 2 years the ministry and doctors negotiate fixed price for every single procedure and drug. Like open heart surgery and routine check up has standard price throughout japan. If the doctor tries to boost the amount of procedures to make more money the ministry will cut the cost next year in negotiation. Mri in america is 1200 in japan is 98 dollars.
