Japan's Healthcare System by Lynne Dore https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda Overview of Healthcare in Japan en-us 2017-04-12 16:28:57 UTC 2017-04-17 17:43:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Map of Japan ldore1 https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166119322 -Land Estimation: 377,914 km
-Equivalent to size of Montana

]]> 2017-04-12 16:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166119322 "THE AGING SOCIETY" ldore1 https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166122922 •By 2030 it’s predicted that 1 in 3 people will be 65+ years old
  •  1 in 5 people will be 75+ 
]]> 2017-04-12 16:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166122922 Population: About 128 Million ldore1 https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166123533
  • Low total fertility rate 
    • •One of the highest literacy rates in the world 
    •Third highest economic power 

    ]]>     2017-04-12 16:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166123533     Flag of Japan ldore1 https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166125043 2017-04-12 16:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166125043 Japan's Health Care System ldore1 https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166589939
    Two Basic Types of Insurance Coverage:

    1. Employee's Health Insurance- covers employees and their family

    2. National Health Insurance: covers self employed & unemployed individuals and their family


    ]]>     2017-04-17 17:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166589939     History ldore1 https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166592786 • Evolution of national health insurance began in 1905.]]> 2017-04-17 17:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166592786 Structure ldore1 https://padlet.com/ldore1/cgw5ztf7dvda/wish/166592995
  •  Highly fragmented and decentralized system
    • •Physicians well educated, but few in number
    •Licensing administered through the ministry of health
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