Does income influence demand for medical services despite Japan's "Health Care for All" policy?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-130

  Babazono, Akira ^a,d   Kuwabara, Kazuaki ^a,d   Hagihara, Akito ^a,d   Yamamoto, Eiji ^b   Hillman, Alan ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Health policy; Income effect; Japanese healthcare system; Universal access

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH POLICY; INCOME EFFECT; JAPAN; MEDICAL SERVICES; UNIVERSAL ACCESS;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE MEDICINE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 38549098529     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462307080166     Document Type: Article

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