Referral from secondary care and to aftercare in a tertiary care university hospital in Japan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Japan, all citizens are covered by the national insurance system in which universal free access to healthcare services is promised to everybody. There are no general physicians or gatekeepers in the Japanese healthcare system.<...

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Main Authors: Kouhei Akazawa, Toyabe Shin-ichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/11