Health resource reallocation by casemix data in Japan
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Introduction The healthcare system in Japan is characterized by long hospital stay and a large excess of hospital beds. The average length of hospital stay, and the number of beds per population for acute-care hospitals, are both about twice the average of those in other OECD countries. Insufficient functional differentiation of Japan's hospitals has been claimed as the cause of such inefficiency in the healthcare system.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMC Health Services Research
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009