公费医疗是医疗保障的重要制度之一,其区别于社会保险医疗和自由诊疗,是由公费负担医疗费用。日本1985年度的国民医疗费为16159亿日元,从不同支付制度的负担情况看,保险者负担55.3%,老人保健制度负担25.2%,患者负担12.0%,公费医疗负担7.5%,公费负担部分因老人保健法的实 Publicly-funded medical care is one of the important systems of medical security. It differs from social insurance medical treatment and free medical treatment, and it is funded by public expense medical expenses. Japan’s national medical expenses in 1985 were 1615.9 billion yen. From the perspective of the burden of different payment systems, the insurer’s burden was 55.3%, the elderly health care system’s burden was 25.2%, the patient’s burden was 12.0%, and the public medical cost was 7.5%. Elderly health care law