Price differences between Japan and the US for medical materials and how to reduce them

Health Policy

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Ide, Hiroo ^a   Yasunaga, Hideo ^a   Imamura, Tomoaki ^a   Ohe, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Medical material; Price difference; The foreign price adjustment rule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; JAPAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; COST CONTROL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247270116     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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