The health care sector has become a major component of the contemporary economies of Japan and the United States. It … budgets. With so much at stake, arrangements for planning, financing, and operating health care service systems have become … increasingly important economic and political issues. Health Care Systems in Japan and the United States takes a macroeconomic …

Comparative health policy: an introduction -- The context of health care -- Funding, provision, and governance … -- Setting priorities and allocating resources -- The medical profession -- Beyond the hospital: health care in the home … -- Public health -- Understanding health policy comparatively …

Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems …. Japan spends close to the lowest percentage of its gross domestic product on health care among OECD countries, the United … from a comprehensive comparative analysis of health care issues in these two countries. In Health Care Issues in the United …