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- 1. HEALTHCARE IN JAPAN BY: KARYSSAANN COSTAGLIOLA
- 2. INTRODUCTION • Japan has one of the top healthcare systems that focuses on giving everyone healthcare without rising costs • U.S. healthcare ranks second in health care spending cost and ranks low on efficiency • U.S. system believes healthcare is a privilege and in Japan it is looked upon as a right everyone is entitled to
- 3. HISTORY • It is said that, “they hold the belief that if equity and universality of access are goals, then cross- subsidization of payments must occur between people of different economic means, and government must regulate this process” (Ikegami 2014) • By offering universal insurance to everyone it makes it easier to maintain costs and helps keep everyone healthy no matter what their economic status
- 4. HISTORY • The insurance is paid by tax dollars, payroll deductions, and the co-payments made by the people of Japan • It started in 1922 giving manual workers insurances benefited the company because a healthy worker is better than a sick one. This continued later down the years to cover all of the family of the employee and by 1961 they achieved universal healthcare
- 6. JAPAN COMPARED TO U.S. • Life expectancy in United States is 80.6 in the United States and 86.4 years for Japan as of 2011 • The infant mortality rate for U.S. is 6.2 and Japan has a rate of 2 as of 2012 • The length of hospital stays in United States is 4.6 days and Japan has a rate of 52.1 which is significantly higher, but the cost for these days is higher in U.S. even for the same problem
- 8. JAPAN COMPARED TO U.S. • The cost of an appointment is the cost of what is equivalent to a co-pay in the U.S. • The average cost for insurance for a family in Japan is $280 when in the U.S. it can cost that match just for a single person a week • Some tests in Japan can be done without prior authorization unlike in the U.S. and costs for tests are different. For instance a cost for an MRI is $1,200 for example here and $100 for the same test in Japan
- 10. STRENGTHS IN U.S. • Top quality services are available to people who have the insurance to pay for it • U.S. is at the top for clinical research • There have been major technological breakthroughs and treatment of many diseases • There is a high number of medical providers and specialists throughout the country
- 11. STRENGTHS IN JAPAN • Coverage is universal • All costs are controlled by a national fee schedule imposed by the government with limits on expenditure increases • All patients have the freedom to choose from any physician they wish to take care of them and there is no wait time when needing treatment • Each medical provider is paid the same for the same procedure across the board • All dental care and prescriptions are covered
- 12. WEAKNESSES IN U.S. • Over 37 million people are uninsured which is steadly changing because of the ACA, but there is still people who are unable to obtain that insurance either do to costs • Cost of healthcare is the highest per person and is growing fast • Healthcare outcomes are poor compared to other developed countries- 20th in infant mortality rate, 29th for premature or low birth weight infants, and 6th in life expectancy
- 13. WEAKNESSES IN U.S. • Many individuals are denied do to preexisting conditions • There are shift costs that hospitals charge more to smaller payers to try and cover the costs tat are incurred by uninsured and costs not covered by other insurance companies • They have more providers, but they are unevenly placed throughout the country only serving better paying better located places verses rural settings
- 14. WEAKNESSES IN JAPAN • The coverage does not include preventative health exams • The financial incentives cause excess use of lab tests, high-tech equipment, and prescription drugs-Japan is the highest per capita use in the world • Long hospital stays because of lack of nursing homes • The medical services given are fragmented making clinics and hospitals suffer excess capacity and duplication of services
- 15. SUMMARY • Although Japan seems to have a very strong healthcare system some things can be changed to better the system as a whole. By having more availability for long term care homes can help eliminate the unnecessary costs in treatment hospital based. • If U.S. would try and adapt some of Japan’s basic structures and availability it can better them in a lot of areas in the current healthcare system benefiting everyone.
- 16. REFERENCES • www.nyu.edu/projects/rodwin/lessons.html • www.economist.com/node/21528660 • www.commonwealthfund.org • www.livescience.com/7830-healthcare-systems- japan.html • prezi.com/u0yjavi4yinp/japans-healthcare-vs- united-states/