Healthcare In Japan powerpoint 2014

HEALTHCARE IN JAPANBY: KARYSSAANN COSTAGLIOLA

INTRODUCTION

• Japan has one of the top healthcare systems that

focuses on giving everyone healthcare without

rising costs

• U.S. healthcare ranks second in health care

spending cost and ranks low on efficiency

• U.S. system believes healthcare is a privilege and

in Japan it is looked upon as a right everyone is

entitled to

HISTORY

• It is said that, “they hold the belief that if equity and

universality of access are goals, then cross-

subsidization of payments must occur between people

of different economic means, and government must

regulate this process” (Ikegami 2014)

• By offering universal insurance to everyone it makes it

easier to maintain costs and helps keep everyone

healthy no matter what their economic status

HISTORY

• The insurance is paid by tax dollars, payroll

deductions, and the co-payments made by the

people of Japan

• It started in 1922 giving manual workers insurances

benefited the company because a healthy worker is

better than a sick one. This continued later down

the years to cover all of the family of the employee

and by 1961 they achieved universal healthcare

LIFE EXPECTANCY AGES

JAPAN COMPARED TO U.S.

• Life expectancy in United States is 80.6 in the United

States and 86.4 years for Japan as of 2011

• The infant mortality rate for U.S. is 6.2 and Japan has a

rate of 2 as of 2012

• The length of hospital stays in United States is 4.6 days

and Japan has a rate of 52.1 which is significantly

higher, but the cost for these days is higher in U.S. even

for the same problem

INFANT MORTALITY RATES

JAPAN COMPARED TO U.S.

• The cost of an appointment is the cost of what is

equivalent to a co-pay in the U.S.

• The average cost for insurance for a family in Japan is

$280 when in the U.S. it can cost that match just for a

single person a week

• Some tests in Japan can be done without prior

authorization unlike in the U.S. and costs for tests are

different. For instance a cost for an MRI is $1,200 for

example here and $100 for the same test in Japan

HEALTH EXPENDITURES

STRENGTHS IN U.S.

• Top quality services are available to people who

have the insurance to pay for it

• U.S. is at the top for clinical research

• There have been major technological

breakthroughs and treatment of many diseases

• There is a high number of medical providers and

specialists throughout the country

STRENGTHS IN JAPAN

• Coverage is universal

• All costs are controlled by a national fee schedule imposed by

the government with limits on expenditure increases

• All patients have the freedom to choose from any physician

they wish to take care of them and there is no wait time when

needing treatment

• Each medical provider is paid the same for the same

procedure across the board

• All dental care and prescriptions are covered

WEAKNESSES IN U.S.

• Over 37 million people are uninsured which is steadly

changing because of the ACA, but there is still people who are

unable to obtain that insurance either do to costs

• Cost of healthcare is the highest per person and is growing

fast

• Healthcare outcomes are poor compared to other developed

countries- 20th in infant mortality rate, 29th for premature or low

birth weight infants, and 6th in life expectancy

WEAKNESSES IN U.S.

• Many individuals are denied do to preexisting conditions

• There are shift costs that hospitals charge more to

smaller payers to try and cover the costs tat are incurred

by uninsured and costs not covered by other insurance

companies

• They have more providers, but they are unevenly placed

throughout the country only serving better paying better

located places verses rural settings

WEAKNESSES IN JAPAN

• The coverage does not include preventative health

exams

• The financial incentives cause excess use of lab tests,

high-tech equipment, and prescription drugs-Japan is

the highest per capita use in the world

• Long hospital stays because of lack of nursing homes

• The medical services given are fragmented making

clinics and hospitals suffer excess capacity and

duplication of services

SUMMARY

• Although Japan seems to have a very strong healthcare

system some things can be changed to better the

system as a whole. By having more availability for long

term care homes can help eliminate the unnecessary

costs in treatment hospital based.

• If U.S. would try and adapt some of Japan’s basic

structures and availability it can better them in a lot of

areas in the current healthcare system benefiting

everyone.

REFERENCES

• www.nyu.edu/projects/rodwin/lessons.html

• www.economist.com/node/21528660

• www.commonwealthfund.org

• www.livescience.com/7830-healthcare-systems-

japan.html

• prezi.com/u0yjavi4yinp/japans-healthcare-vs-

united-states/