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This 6 page paper compares different aspects of the health care system in these two countries. As such, it comments on a variety of issues and provides a great deal of statistical data. Examples include: infant mortality rates, life expectancy, expenditures per capita, availability of medical technology, percentage each government spends, impact of an aging population. The writer also discusses medical training, changes in the Japanese health care system, and research. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: MM12_PGjphlt.rtf
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1,000 live births compared to a rate in excess of 5.0 per 1,000 for the U.S. (United Health Foundation, 2005). Life expectancy in Japan is more than five years more
than in the U.S., 82 years compared to 77 years in the U.S. (United Health Foundation, 2005; Wise, 2005). The long life expectancy in Japan is attributed to fewer deaths
related to heart disease (OECD, 2005). Deaths due to heart disease are the lowest in Japan of all OECD countries (OECD, 2005). Of all OECD countries, Japans expenditures on health
care is 7.9 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP); the United States spends 15 percent (Wise, 2005). The U.S. has the highest rate while Japan has close to the
lowest rate (Wise, 2005). Even with the near lowest amount spent, Japan has more hospital beds per capita than does the U.S., 8.5 per 1,000 population in Japan compared to
2.8 per 1,000 in the U.S. (Wise, 2005). Japan also has more advanced medical technology available than does the U.S. (Wise, 2005). For instance, there are 93 CT scanners per
million population across Japan compared to 13 per million in the U.S. (Wise, 2005). There are 35 MRI machines per million in Japan and 9 per million in the U.S.
(Wise, 2005). One of the major health issues in the U.S. and other Western countries is obesity (Wise, 2005). It is estimated that 31 percent of the American population is
obese but only 3 percent of the Japanese population is obese (Wise, 2005). At the same time, there are almost twice the number of smokers in Japan than in the
U.S. (Wise, 2005). The ratio is greater than 30 percent in Japan and 17 percent in the U.S. (Wise, 2005). In terms of health care spending, about 82 percent of
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