Under this program, patient cost-sharing is 500 yen per day (up to a maximum of 2,000 yen per month for
the same medical facility) for outpatient care and 1,100 yen per day for hospital care in 1998. This
system creates a pooled fund, to which each individual fund contributes as if it had the national
proportion of the elderly. Patient cost-sharing aside, 70 percent of the total cost is covered by all
sickness funds, 20 percent by the national government, and 10 percent by local governments. In
consideration of the importance of long-term care for the elderly, the proportion borne through public
funds was raised in 1992 from 30 percent to 50 percent in cases in which the expense is related to
long-term care services.
Under this program, patient cost-sharing is 500 yen per day (up to a maximum of 2,000 yen per month forthe same medical facility) for outpatient care and 1,100 yen per day for hospital care in 1998. Thissystem creates a pooled fund, to which each individual fund contributes as if it had the nationalproportion of the elderly. Patient cost-sharing aside, 70 percent of the total cost is covered by allsickness funds, 20 percent by the national government, and 10 percent by local governments. Inconsideration of the importance of long-term care for the elderly, the proportion borne through publicfunds was raised in 1992 from 30 percent to 50 percent in cases in which the expense is related tolong-term care services.
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