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Health Policy
Research on health policy reported by scientists at University of Tokyo
June 18th, 2007
Fresh data on health policy are presented in the report "Price differences between Japan and the US for medical materials and how to reduce them." According to a study from Hongo, Japan, "Previous reports (1996, 1997) have revealed that the market prices of medical materials in Japan were two to four times higher than those in the US. The Japanese government introduced the foreign price adjustment rule (FPA) in 2002 to reduce reimbursement prices in Japan." "We aimed to investigate the current price differences between Japan and the US in the first half of 2005 and to evaluate the effectiveness of the FPA. The investigation was performed at two joint purchasing...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2007-06-18)
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