Aging Hospitals, Rising Costs: Japan's Urban Medical System in Crisis
Residents of Japan's big cities are accustomed to a high standard of medical care. But many are now finding access to treatment more precarious as financial problems force a growing number of hospitals to suspend services. In some cases, operators can't afford to rebuild aging wards. In others, the cost of maintaining around-the-clock emergency services is making it almost impossible to run operations at a profit. Across the board, emergency care hospitals say the medical fees they get reimbursed by the government are no longer sufficient to compensate for increases in labor and living costs. We asked two experts what hospitals can do to survive the looming crisis.
Guests: Ota Yoshihiro, M.D. (Vice chair, Association of Japanese Healthcare Corporations)
Yoshimura Kensuke, M.D. (Director, Center for Next Generation of Community Health, Chiba University Hospital)
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