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The Japanese Health System
- Japanese citizens are covered comprehensively and exclusively by either national medical insurance or social insurance.
- Mixed private and insurance payments are prohibited. Beneficiaries cannot pay privately for medical services that are covered by their insurance.
- Beneficiaries have guaranteed access to any health care providers, from general practitioners to specialists, without being charged a premium fee.
- Health care providers and institutions are reimbursed through fees for service.
Source: British Medical Journal,2005.
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