Health Policy Institute, Japan was established in 2004, seeking to introduce to Japan, the philosophy of healthcare think-tanks which has successfully devised high-quality health policies in many countries abroad.
According to recent public opinion surveys conducted by the Cabinet Office, the public is most concerned about health care issues among all aspects of life and expects a greater focus on healthcare in policymaking. On the other hand, other survey results have revealed that nearly 90% of the Japanese public is dissatisfied with the current healthcare policy; thus, it is essential that health policy be promptly be improved. Furthermore, from a global perspective, the challenges of “global health” issues, including responding to the cross-border transmission of infectious diseases and the upgrading of healthcare systems in developing countries, where a majority of the world’s population lives, have emerged as crucial security and foreign policy issues. The world is looking to Japan to assume a major role in tackling these challenges.
In order to address these important health policy issues at home and overseas, the status quo must be correctly understood by the public, the values and ideas represented by health policy must be debated and a self-directed choice be made of the various policy options available. However, in Japan today, it is difficult even to acquire an accurate understanding of the status quo.
At the Health Policy Institute, Japan, we will promote research activities that are medically correct and are of high quality through collaborating with both domestic and international research and education institutions and think-tanks for health policy. Furthermore, in the course of our research, we will present to the public, tangible policies based on debate with political and economic circles. We hope that we may be able to redirect public dissatisfaction into energy for proactive policy decision and contribute to the resolution of today’s health policy issues.
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