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- Title
Comparing healthcare systems: considering Japan and Portugal.
- Authors
Barata, Ana N.; Yasuharu Tokuda; Martins, Henrique M. G.
- Abstract
Introduction: This article makes a comparative analysis of the Japanese and Portuguese healthcare systems and draws conclusions as to how the Portuguese system may be reformed taking into account the Japanese experience. In a time of financial turmoil, where it is necessary to assure the maintenance of the National Health Service, it is important to learn with the best international practice: a system that has to handle, for example, with the greatest life expectancy in the world and an aging population. The results of a survey carried out on 400 people (200 Japanese and 200 Portuguese) on the degree of satisfaction with the health care system, costs, patient-doctor relationship and alternative medicine use are analyzed as well. Methods: Comparative analysis, surveys and interviews. Results: The Japanese population has a higher grade of satisfaction of their healthcare system than the Portuguese. Conclusions: The Portuguese healthcare system may use some of the methods of the Japanese healthcare system in order to achieve better outcomes, be more efficient and therefore to better serve the general public.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; JAPAN; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDICAL care; HEALTH care reform; HEALTH expectancy; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Portuguese Journal of Public Health / Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública, 2012, Vol 30, Issue 2, p180
- ISSN
0870-9025
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.rpsp.2012.10.003