The effect of a redistribution system for health care for the elderly on the financial performance of health insurance societies in Japan.
Health care for the elderly in Japan is financed through a pool to which all insurers contribute. We analyzed insurers' financial data to evaluate this redistribution system. Cost sharing affected financial performance substantially. The current formula for cost-sharing redistributes elderly health care costs unequally and should be changed.
Babazono
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Kyushu University.
Weiner
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Tsuda
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Mino
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Hillman
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D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015271:Insurance Pools / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007564:Japan; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged