据日刊报道,日本社会的老龄化进程将对二十一世纪的医疗服务产生重大影响。据估计到2000年日本的人口将达1.3亿。其中将有344万病人,这些病人中将有45％是65岁以上的、患有某种不治之症的病人。因此医疗费用将大大增长:预计在1990～2000年间的国内生产总值将年均增长4％,而医疗保健费用将年均增长7％。1979年日本的医药市场为3.243万亿 According to the daily report, the aging of Japanese society will have a major impact on medical services in the 21st century. It is estimated that by the year 2000 the population of Japan will reach 130 million. Of these, there will be 3.44 million patients, and 45% of these patients will be patients over 65 years of age with an incurable disease. Therefore, medical expenses will increase substantially: It is estimated that the GDP will increase by 4% per year between 1990 and 2000, while the cost of medical care will increase by 7% annually. Japan’s pharmaceutical market was 3.243 trillion in 1979