Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 150 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 260 g
Reihe: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S. Business and Economics
A Simulation Study and Policy Analysis
Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 150 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 260 g
Reihe: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S. Business and Economics
ISBN: 978-1-4613-7833-4
Verlag: Springer US
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
Weitere Infos & Material
1 Overview.- 1.1 Decomposition of Health Care Expenditures.- 1.2 Related Literature.- 1.3 Objective of this Study.- 1.4 Organization of the Monograph.- 2 Demographic Changes in Japan and the United States.- 2.1 Decreasing Fertility Rates.- 2.2 Increasing Life Expectancy.- 2.3 Dependency Ratio.- 2.4 Per Capita Utilization of Health Care Services.- 3 Health Care Services Utilization Profiles Among the Elderly.- 3.1 A Behavior Model of Health Care Services Among the Elderly.- 3.2 The Impact of Need Factors in Services Utilization.- 3.3 Predisposing Factors in Services Utilization.- 3.4 Income of the Elderly as Enabling Factor in Health Care Services Utilization.- 4 Paternalism in Health Care for the Elderly.- 4.1 Case of the U.S. Government.- 4.2 Case of the Japanese Government.- 4.3 Paternalism in the Medical Community.- 5 Trends in Health Care Expenditures and Financing.- 5.1 Trends in Health Care Expenditures.- 5.2 Financing Health Care Expenditures.- 5.3 Financing Health Care for Elderly Japan.- 5.4 Financing Health Care for Elderly U.S.A.- 5.5 Health Care Price Inflation.- 5.6 Financing of Rising Health Care Prices.- 6 Our Approach to the Problem.- 6.1 Productivity and Wages.- 6.2 The Source of Health Care Inflation.- 6.3 Technological Improvements in the Medical Industry.- 6.4 Empirical Estimates of Productivity Growth Rates in the United States and Japan.- 7 The Simulation Model.- 7.1 Simplified Version of Model.- 7.2 Some Basic Concepts.- 7.3 Variables.- 7.4 General Assumptions.- 7.5 Data-specific Initial Conditions.- 8 Simulation Results.- 8.1 The Japanese Case Simulation 1.- 8.2 The Japanese Case Simulation 2.- 8.3 The United States Case Simulation 3.- 8.4 The United States Case Simulation 4.- 9 Alternate Set of Assumptions.- 9.1 Japan: Simulation 5.- 9.2 Japan:Simulation 6.- 9.3 The United States: Simulation 7.- 9.4 The United States: Simulation 8.- 10 Concluding Remarks and Policy Recommendations.- Appendix A Mathematical Specification of the Model.- 1.1 Assumptions.- 1.2 The Model.- 1.3 Simulation Equations.- Appendix B Proof that Income Elasticity is Greater than One.