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  • Essay / Geographic Analysis of Japan - 1465

    National Health Insurance provides universal access to the country's healthcare. Private facilities are able to operate hospitals and clinics, and patients receive the same services for the same cost in both private and public facilities. The following services are offered: emergency health, perinatal health, pediatric health, rural health care and post-disaster health care. There are 1,069 psychiatric facilities that provide nursing care and health resources. Primary care allows doctors to prescribe psychotherapeutic medications, but nurses are not allowed to independently diagnose mental disorders.