We often say that "life and death have their own destiny", but when the disease is really coming, life is about to die, most people should be scared. In recent years, more and more celebrities we know passed away the sad news, people deplored. Many of them are old artists, but many of them died of illness.
Combined with the accumulation of national wealth, we have begun to pursue more high-quality medical resources, some people will choose to go abroad for medical checkups, and some people will choose to go overseas to see a doctor. Why choose to go abroad for medical treatment? There are so many countries overseas, why prefer Japan?
Why go abroad to see a doctor?According to the 2018 Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival ( Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 ( CONCORD-3 ) ), the five-year survival rate of cancer patients in China is 30.9%, Canada is 82.5%, and Japan is 81.6%.
Many people feel that if they go abroad to see a doctor, then it means that the domestic technology is not in place, is that really true? In fact, the level of critical care treatment in our top hospitals is not only no worse than in overseas countries, but even better in terms of treatment concepts and treatment experience.
For example, in the treatment of gastric cancer, the D2 operation, which has a larger sweeping range and is insisted on in China, has a better therapeutic effect than the D1 operation, which is commonly used in Europe and the United States. Not to mention the experience, the number of cases treated by our doctors in one day is even comparable to the number of cases treated by some foreign doctors in one month or even one year. Such a large number of treatment cases also provides very valuable medical experience for our medical treatment.
So why is the survival rate of cancer patients in China so low? The primary reason is that our country and other countries have different types of high incidence of cancer. Stomach cancer, liver cancer and esophageal cancer are three types of high incidence cancers in our country, but very few in Europe and the United States; these three types of cancers, on the other hand, have a very low survival rate among all cancers.
On top of that, it is the lack of prevention and early diagnosis in our country. Cancer is a disease closely related to time, for cancer, early detection and early treatment is very obvious. Breast cancer, for example, has a very high cure rate in the early stages, but the consequences are unimaginable once it enters the late stages.
At present, our medical checkup system is still to be improved, and we don't pay enough attention to cancer screening. Even though we have the intention to go for regular medical checkups, the assembly line checkups can't play the real role of medical checkups for a long time.
Combined with the fact that China's medical resources are too concentrated, this will lead to two results, one is the quality of medical services decline caused by the tension of medical resources; the second is that the labor intensity of doctors is too high, which is not conducive to the treatment of doctor-patient relationship.
Overseas newly developed drugs are listed 3 to 5 years ahead of the domestic market, which is because foreign drugs entering China have to go through two difficult hurdles of patents and approvals first. The drug in the application of the world's intellectual property rights protection period, other countries are not allowed to copy. When the drug is ready for clinical trials, it will take at least 2 to 3 years to obtain an approval number.
Why choose to go to Japan for medical treatment?Japan's advanced medical care is obvious to all, and in the 2019 Global Healthcare Quality and Accessibility Rankings published by the prestigious medical journal Lancet, Japan scored 89 points in the "quality of care" score, making its medical care world-class.
Japan's three-tiered system of medical treatment makes full use of medical resources, with clinics for minor ailments and hospitals for major ones, which effectively improves the quality of medical care.
It is well known that although the cancer rate of Japanese people is also very high, Japan has been recognized as the world's longest-living country for several consecutive years, which is attributed to Japan's persistent adherence to the concept of "prevention over cure".
Another point is that Japan has adopted a system of separation of medicine, where doctors are only responsible for consultation and prescription, and pharmacies are solely responsible for medicines. This arrangement eliminates the phenomenon of using drugs to support doctors, and to some extent reduces the burden on patients.
In addition, the quality of service in Japan is also commendable. Not only to see the doctor, just to talk about the physical examination, before the physical examination there will be a nurse or a doctor to carry out a simple science of medical knowledge, the physical examination kneeling service, after the physical examination, the doctor will be based on the results of the examination to draw simple and easy to understand pictures to explain to the user, it is really thoughtful.
In terms of cost, Japan's medical costs can be said to be the lowest among all developed countries, and the time difference is small, the distance is close, for some patients who are not suitable for long-distance travel is no longer suitable.