Case Study (Legal Policy II)
Faculty
T. Ihara
Description
Issues in the field of health care have been caught much public attention
recently.
In this course, issues such as uneven geographical distribution of doctors
(shortage of obstetricians etc.), medical accidents, and sustainability
of health care financing are pick up for case studies and related legal
policy issues are discussed.
The objective of this course is to acquire skills of policy making and
legislation.
For this purpose, the current health care systems are briefly lectured for
each topic, and then, course attendants discuss issues of these systems
for the formation of alternative policies and draft bills on these policies.
Each topic is allocated to course attendants and they are asked to prepare alternative policies and draft bills for discussion.
The followings are the examples of topics discussed in this course.
Fair distribution of health care resources.
Sustainability of health care financing
Efficiency and equity in the field of health care
Health care systems for the elderly and long-term care insurance for the
elderly
Protection and utilization of personal health care information
Evaluation of the quality of health care and medical accidents
Participation in policy making and management of health care systems
The following laws are related to these topics
Medical care law
Medical practitioners law
Health insurance law
National health insurance law
Long term care insurance law for the elderly
Public assistance law
Health care law for the elderly
Personal information protection law