Compared with China, the Japanese medical system is highly mature and developed. It is not only the hospital system, but also involves government departments, research organizations and enterprises related to it.
Public **** medical service system is well developedJapan has a high five-year survival rate in cancer, in addition to treatment, early detection is really important. And the high five-year survival rate in terms of cancer is related to the increase in life expectancy.
Rational allocation of medical resources and human resourcesThere are three types of hospitals in Japan: private clinics (which are quite large in number), general hospitals run by consortiums or public organizations, and hospitals affiliated with university medical schools (which are mostly functionally specific hospitals similar to those in China's tertiary level).
The division of labor is probably small illnesses go to the clinic, the complexity or severity of the more serious, as well as difficult cases go to the general and university hospitals.
There is a not-so-cheap initial fee for going directly to a university hospital for an initial consultation, whereas referrals from clinics or other hospitals to university hospitals do not require this fee. These effectively ensure that medical resources are matched to the patient's condition.
Referrals and follow-ups are by appointment, and registration ends at about 12:00 a.m. every day, so doctors have some expectation of the number of patients they will see each day, and patients are guaranteed consultation time, not to mention the kind of situation in China where they are talking to the doctor and the patient who didn't register or whose number is in the back of the line rushes into the office, crying and wailing.
Paper medical records have also been abolished, with all information stored on cards issued by the hospital. Also payment and registration with an appointment are done at self-service machines.
After being used to the noisy market-like university hospitals in China, and being swarmed by a crowd of people sprinting to the registration desk before dawn, I felt a vacation-like sense of relief when I came here to see a hospital that was so much emptier and more relaxing than those in China, if it weren't for the fact that I had a medical condition.
Rehabilitation and elderly care are well developedThis is also related to longevity and quality of life. Facilities for this are quite numerous in Japan. The elderly there receive excellent and professional care. In China, there is still a gap in the level of medical rehabilitation.
As for the domestic elderly care facilities, the conditions are still very poor. Rehabilitation, care, including preventive medicine and other relatively marginal or not directly related to the treatment of the medical field, the country still has a long way to go. In particular, it is difficult for hospitals alone to complete this road.
High level of researchChinese medicine can also have high scoring papers. But compared to China, Japan has a lot of research that is clinically oriented (rather than just medical papers) as well as so-called industry-academia-research and government-driven translation of results.