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Population Ageing and its Impact Upon Health Resource Requirements at Government and Familial Levels in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Naohiro Ogawa
Naohiro Ogawa
Affiliation:
Professor at College of Economics and Deputy Director at Population Research Institute, Nihon University, 1–3–2 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Abstract

Rapid economic growth in post-war Japan, has been accompanied by unprecedented population ageing. In this paper the impact of Japan's ageing population is analysed in respect of (i) health-care services (ii) allocation of resources to health care and (iii) the manpower requirements to support health in old age. These projections are based upon macroeconomic modelling techniques.

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Ageing & Society , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 383 - 405
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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