Health Care Systems in Japan and the United States: A Simulation Study and Policy Analysis

by Barbara M. Byrne, Ryuzo Sato, Elias Grivoyannis, et al.

Book Overview

The health care sector has become a major component of the contemporary econo- mies of Japan and the United States. It absorbs significant proportions of the GDP in both countries and places increasing stress on private, government and corporate budgets. As their income rises, the citizens ofJapan and the United States choose to allocate increasing portions of it on health care services because ofthe direct contri- bution of health care services to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461378338
• ISBN13: 9781461378334
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"