Health Insurance Politics in Japan : Policy Development, Government, and the Japan Medical Association /

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"Covering the period from the Meiji Restoration to the Abe administration, this book examines what has driven the development of health politics, particularly regarding health insurance policy, of Japan and what role the government and medical professionals have played in the policy development...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamagishi, Takakazu, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nihon Ishikai.
Nihon Ishikai > Political activity.
Political participation.
Medical policy.
Medical care > Political aspects.
Health insurance > Government policy.
Medical policy > Japan > History > 21st century.
Medical policy > Japan > History > 20th century.
Health insurance > Government policy > Japan.
Medical care > Political aspects > Japan.
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Westernizing medicine
  • Reacting to deteriorating health
  • Improving people's health for war
  • Reforming health care with the United States
  • Achieving universal health insurance
  • Consolidating universal health insurance
  • Making universal health insurance survive
  • Japanese health care in the globalization era.

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