Complete 7 page APA formatted essay: Health Status and Health Care Services in Japan with comparison to the United States.Download file to see previous pages... The Japanese system enjoys universal co

Complete 7 page APA formatted essay: Health Status and Health Care Services in Japan with comparison to the United States.

The Japanese system enjoys universal coverage, low healthcare costs, high performance, and the highest utilization of medical technologies. Both systems are highly dependent on external factors in their effectiveness and organization, and suffer from substantial expenditure on preventable diseases. The United States healthcare system could incorporate the structure of and take inspiration from the Japanese healthcare system to improve its healthcare services to the citizens. Harris Kamran Health Sciences Comparative Paper 21 August 2011 A comparison of the health care systems of the U.S. and Japan The health care system of any country is one of the fundamental factors that determines the progress and development of that country, and the degree of satisfaction and productivity of its citizens. It is often viewed as an index for the economic and social stability of that country, and a hallmark of its progress. This paper purports to compare the health care systems of the United States and Japan in order to highlight the limitations of and gaps in the U.S. health care system so that recommendations about improvement of the system could be provided. Population and health status: this section compares the population statistics of the two countries. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2011) census of 2010, the population of the U.S. reached around three hundred and nine million, showing an increase of around ten percent from the population statistics of 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011), when it was around two hundred and eighty million (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). The population growth rate is about one percent per year (U.S. Demographics, 2011). The birth rate according to the 2001 census came to be fourteen births per thousand of population (U.S. Demographics, 2011), and the death rate in general was estimated at eight per thousand of population (U.S. Demographics, 2011).