日本的医疗保健系统有三个目标;人人可以亨受、高质量和收费合理。医院应该建章在非盈利基础上;居民不论支付能力如何均可亨受医疗保健;医生应持病人健康高于一切的态度。尽管日本对卫生事业的投资有限,平均每人卫生费用831美元(1986年),明显低于欧美国家,美国每人平均1926美元,但日本公民可任意选择私人医师治疗而不受限制。政府卫生事业的开支占国民生产总值的6.7%(1986年),而1960～1984年期间,实际上每年卫生开支的增长率人均9.1%。1985年 Japan’s healthcare system has three goals; everyone can be prosperous, high-quality, and reasonably priced. Hospitals should be built on a non-profit basis; residents can receive medical care regardless of their ability to pay; doctors should take patient health above all else. Although Japan’s investment in health services is limited, the average cost per person for health is US$831 (in 1986), which is significantly lower than that in Europe and the United States. The US averages US$1,926 per person. However, Japanese citizens are free to choose private medical treatment without restrictions. Expenditure on government health accounts for 6.7% of the gross national product (1986), and during the period from 1960 to 1984, the average annual growth rate of health expenditure was 9.1%. 1985