1995 Volume 2 Pages 93-112
The National Medical Expenditure, which comprehends and reftects the entire medical aid system of our nation, could not be said to have been fully analyzed and researched as we see it in current situation, despite the fact that it is called “an important indicator to the medical economy of Japan”. Especially as regards the method for estimation of the National Medical Expenditure, the whole picture has not been revealed at all to this day, consequently causing us to be distanced from the existence of the National Medical Expenditure as a result.
From such point of view, this report aims to denote a method for estimating system-division-based national medical expenditure, to make the National Medical Expenditure more a familiar notion as to become an asset and to contribute to the development of future analysis and research of National Medical Expenditure and for our nation's medical economy studies.
The report consists of 4 chapters, I-IV. The first chapter states the objective of the paper. The second chapter points out the problems and doubts on “the National Medical Expenditure”. The third chapter presents detailed sources pertaining to system-division-based national medical expenditure, while each respective section makes separate analysis attempting to state its method for estimation. Additionally, chapter four argues that “the natioal medical expenditure” which has been regarded as “estimation” should be rather referred to as “statistics”. The chapter also states the need to reinvestigate the concept of the National Medical Expenditure as well as to review its targets.
