Health care systems in Japan and the United States
Subtitle: a simulation study and policy analysis
By: Ryuzo Sato ... [et al.].
Contributors: Satō, Ryūzō, 1931-
Series: Research monographs in Japan-U.S. business & economics
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Medical care -- Japan -- Finance; Medical policy -- Japan; Medical care -- United States -- Finance; Medical policy -- United States
Description: Health Care Systems in Japan and the United States: A Simulation Study and Policy Analysis takes a macroeconomic policy approach to analyzing a fundamental question of the health care debate, namely, can the anticipated increasing rate of growth in future health care expenditures be financially absorbed by the society's increasing income and output? This monograph addresses not only if but also how health care financing could in the future be ethically, safety, and economically accomplished.

It identifies the right questions which must be answered and the balance that must be sought among the dilemmas and paradoxes raised by the realities of financing health care services in the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-144) and index.
"The Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University."