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Approach Toward a Unified Health Insurance System: What Can Japan Learn from the Korean Experience

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  • Kwon, S.
  • Suzuki, W.

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We discuss that Japan should make a comprehensive reform of the existing institutions of health insurance in view of the apparent structural problems centering on the financial instability of health care finance, and discrepancies in premiums and benefits among the insured.

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  • Kwon, S. & Suzuki, W., 2000. "Approach Toward a Unified Health Insurance System: What Can Japan Learn from the Korean Experience," ISER Discussion Paper 0502, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
    • Handle: RePEc:dpr:wpaper:0502
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    Keywords

    HEALTH ; JAPAN ; KOREA;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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