Achieving Universal Health Coverage by Focusing on Primary Care in Japan: Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
When the Japanese government adopted Western medicine in the late nineteenth century, it left intact the infrastructure of primary care by giving licenses to the existing practitioners and by initially setting the hurdle for entry into medical school low. Public financing of hospitals was kept minim...
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| Language: | English |
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences
2016-05-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3167_43cef55ccd82c326d8c79acac43dc6ee.html |