International Healthcare System: For one country (other than the US) collect as much of the following information as concisely as possible.

FOR JAPAN:

1. Brief description of how the health care system is organized: include health insurance system, hospitals, physicians (and pharmaceuticals if you can)

2. How is it funded?

3. How costly is it - as % of GDP?

4. How are costs contained - what do they do and how well does it work?

5. How well are physicians paid?

6. What are the best features of this system?

7. What are its biggest problems?