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The Effect of a Redistribution System for Health Care for the Elderly on the Financial Performance of Health Insurance Societies in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Akira Babazono ,
Janet Weiner ,
Toshihide Tsuda ,
Yoshio Mino  and
Alan L. Hillman
Akira Babazono
Affiliation:
Kyushu University and University of Pennsylvania
Janet Weiner
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Toshihide Tsuda
Affiliation:
Okayama University
Yoshio Mino
Affiliation:
Okayama University
Alan L. Hillman
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
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Abstract

Health care for the elderly in Japan is financed through a pool to which all insurers contribute. We analyzed insurers' financial data to evaluate this redistribution system. Cost sharing affected financial performance substantially. The current formula for cost-sharing redistributes elderly health care costs unequally and should be changed.

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General Essays
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Summer 1998 , pp. 458 - 466
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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