Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan
David A. Wise and Naohiro Yashiro, editors
Conference held May 1-3, 2003
Published in September 2006 by University of Chicago Press
© 2006 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER Program(s):HC, AG, HE
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258 pages
ISBN: 0-262-90292-7
Table of Contents
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Front matter "Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan":
David A. Wise, Naohiro Yashiro
(p. -12 - 0)
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Introduction:
David A. Wise
(p. 1 - 16)
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Evaluating Japan's Health Care Reform of the 1990s and Its Efforts to Cope with Population Aging:
Naohiro Yashiro, Reiko Suzuki, Wataru Suzuki
(p. 17 - 42)
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The U.S. Medical Care System for the Elderly:
David M. Cutler, David A. Wise
(p. 43 - 68)
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An International Look at the Medical Care Financing Problem:
David M. Cutler
(p. 69 - 82)
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Removing the Instability and Inequity in the Japanese Health Insurance System:
Seiritsu Ogura, Tamotsu Kadoda, Makoto Kawamura
(p. 83 - 112)
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The Volume-Outcome Relationship in Japan :
Koichi Kawabuchi, Shigeru Sugihara
(p. 113 - 146)
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Market Concentration, Efficiency, and Quality in the Japanese Home Help Industry:
Yanfei Zhou, Wataru Suzuki
(p. 147 - 164)
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A Comparison of the Quality of Health Care in the United States and Japan :
Haruko Noguchi, Yuichiro Masuda, Masafumi Kuzuya, Akihiko Iguchi, Jeffery Geppert, Mark McClellan
(p. 165 - 194)
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Geography and the Use of Effective Health Care in the United States:
Jonathan S. Skinner
(p. 195 - 208)
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Does Caregiving Affect Work? Evidence Based on Prior Labor Force Experience:
Kathleen M. McGarry
(p. 209 - 228)
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Conjoint Analysis to Estimate the Demand for Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Japan :
Seiritsu Ogura, Wataru Suzuki, Makoto Kawamura, Tamotsu Kadoda
(p. 229 - 246)
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Contributors:
(p. 247 - 248)
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Author Index:
(p. 249 - 252)
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Subject Index:
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