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Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations in Japan - Nihs

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3/2007<br />

• Establishment of regional health <strong>in</strong>surance societies (unions) Health Insurance Law<br />

• Review of the membership of the Central Social Insurance<br />

Medical Council <strong>and</strong> abolition of regulations on endorsement<br />

from organizations<br />

2011-3 - 193 -<br />

Social Insurance Council Law<br />

4/2007 • Revision of payment rates for illness <strong>and</strong> delivery benefits Health Insurance Law<br />

4/2008<br />

10/2008<br />

• Revision of burden on elderly patients aged 70 to 74 years<br />

(10%→20%)<br />

• Expansion of liability relief measures (20%) for young children<br />

(children not older than 3 years→children before school age)<br />

• Revision of the name of the law to “Law for Assur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Healthcare for the Elderly”<br />

• Program for the optimal utilization of health expenditures<br />

• Obligation to provide preventive medical exam<strong>in</strong>ations for<br />

citizens covered by health <strong>in</strong>surance<br />

• Establishment of a health care system for the very elderly<br />

(older than 75 years of age)<br />

• Establishment of a fiscal control system for healthcare<br />

spend<strong>in</strong>g for the pre-elderly (65 to 74 years old)<br />

• Public <strong>in</strong>corporation of government-controlled health<br />

<strong>in</strong>surance programs<br />

Health <strong>in</strong>surance-related laws<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Health Insurance<br />

Law<br />

Health <strong>and</strong> Medical Service<br />

Law for the Elderly<br />

Health Insurance Law<br />

4/2012 • Abolition of nurs<strong>in</strong>g homes for the elderly Home-care Insurance Law<br />

Table 7. Methods of Previous Reimbursement Price Revisions<br />

Year Survey R zone Special items<br />

1992 June 1991 15%<br />

1994 June 1993 13% Repric<strong>in</strong>g<br />

1996 June 1995 11% Repric<strong>in</strong>g<br />

1997 Sept. 1996<br />

10%<br />

8% (Long listed products)<br />

Repric<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Long listed products

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