The future of Japan's health system-sustaining good health with equity at low cost

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1793-1797

  Reich, Michael R ^a   Shibuya, Kenji ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRTH RATE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HISTORY; INSURANCE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRENDS;

BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84946600395     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1410676     Document Type: Review

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