JAPANESE RESEARCH ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 61-68.DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.04.008

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Medical Care Supply System Reform and Integration of Medical Care in Japan

TIAN Xianglan   

  1. Institute of Japan Studies, Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, Tianjin, 300191,China
  • Received:2017-04-28 Online:2007-08-25 Published:2007-08-25

Abstract: As Japan’s population born in the early postwar period go into the advanced age period of 75 years old in 2025, the medical care needs will increase further. In response to the problems in 2025, the Japanese government has promulgated Social Security System Reform Law(2012), Comprehensive Law To Ensure Regional Medical Care (2014) and Medical Insurance System Reform Association Law(2015) in order to realize the integration of medical care by reforming the medical care supply system and constructing the efficient medical supply system and regional comprehensive care system. Chiba County Municipal Government cooperated with UR urban institutions (original Japanese Housing Corporation) and The Comprehensive Research Institution of Aging Society of Tokyo University for five years, combined the medical treatment, care, prevention and life support services to provide home care service for the elderly by constructing the senior houses of ancillary services as the premise. This strides a solid step to the integration of medical care.

Key words: Japan, care insurance, medical insurance, integration of medical care

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