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Unit 01-C： Provision of National Health Insurance “Model Benefits” to Japan’s Prefectures
- Tatsuo Hatta,
- 01_Regional revitalization and…,
- 31 January 2018
Tatsuo Hatta
President
Asian Growth Research Institute
Preface
The national and local governments1) in Japan share the burden of fiscal expenditure to fund social insurance for the elderly. However, the system currently in effect has led to ineff...
Unit 01 Kick-off Paper: Local Government Financing of Health Insurance and the Revitalization of Japan’s Regional Areas
- Wataru Suzuki,
- 01_Regional revitalization and…,
- 25 May 2015
Wataru Suzuki
Professor
Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University
The Abe administration has initiated a policy of “regional revitalization” as a new economic policy seeking to correct the over-concentration of population and economic activity ...
Unit 01-B: Health Care, Long-term Care, and Local Public Finances
- Masayoshi Hayashi,
- 01_Regional revitalization and…,
- 25 May 2015
Masayoshi Hayashi
Professor
Faculty & Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
1. Introduction
Local governments form an integral part of the Japanese system of health and long-term care for the elderly. While the central government des...
Unit 01-A: Designing New Systems through Risk Adjustment
- Yasushi Iwamoto,
- 01_Regional revitalization and…,
- 25 May 2015
Yasushi Iwamoto
Professor
Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Public health insurance for Japan’s working generations can be divided into association-managed health insurance for employees of large corporations, health insuranc...
