A leadership vision for the future of Japan's health system

Japan achieved universal health coverage (UHC) in 1961.1 This happened when Japan was still poor but beginning a period of rapid economic growth. Over the next 50 years of economic development, Japan became a wealthy country and continued to develop its health system of good health at low cost with equity. However, growth has slowed and the demographic transition is projected to lead to increases in health care and social security costs, which will place pressure on public financing and threaten the sustainability of the health and social care systems. The author comments on Japan's future leadership journey.

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Shiozaki, Y. (2016) A leadership vision for the future of Japan's health system. Health Syst. reform 2(3): 179-181. doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2016.1188607.