Japan's Gold Plan emphasizes home care and the consumer.
Japan's population is increasingly weighted to the elderly. The health care system to date has relied on long institutional stays for their care, but a new plan--the Golden Plan--focuses on the importance of care at home, and care that the elderly desire.
Kolanowski
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National Association for Home Care, Washington, DC, USA.
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