The goals of universal health coverage (UHC) are to ensure that all people can access quality health services, to safeguard all people from public health risks, and to protect all people from impoverishment due to illness, whether from out-of-pocket payments for health care or loss of income...

This country brief provides a snapshot of the introduction and the development of the long-term care system in Japan. It contains a summary and systematic account of the legal beginnings, major reforms and current state of the long-term care system in the country. The report is part of the CRC...

This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Japan. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major health...

Objectives: Duplicative medications in patients who visit multiple medical institutions are a serious problem not only safety of drug therapy but also drug expenditures. The objectives of this paper are to describe the frequency of duplicative medication use and to estimate the drug costs...