What is it about?
Nationwide health system analysis of Japan. Which is rare in English journal. In terms of access and outcome, Japan maintained fair equity regardless of one's income.
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Why is it important?
Health system of Japan is on the verge of collapse because of a heavy burden of the aging population. The study plays the baseline when the situation gets worse.
Perspectives
Japan's health system could achieve the fair equity regardless of one's income even in the high-end complex surgery.
Dr Tetz Cheng-Che Lee
Columbia University
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This page is a summary of: Influence of Municipality-Level Mean Income on Access to Aortic Valve Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study under Japan's Universal Health-Care Coverage, PLOS One, October 2014, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111071.
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