Health & medicine #Medical System
National medical care expenditure is 48 trillion 91.5 billion yen | Reading the 380,000 yen per person breakdown
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s national medical care expenditure for fiscal 2023 reached a record high of 48 trillion 91.5 billion yen, or 386,700 yen per person. People aged 65 and over account for 60% of the total, and half of the funding comes from insurance premiums. We read the breakdown by age, funding source, disease and injury, and prefecture.
National medical care expenditure is 48 trillion 91.5 billion yen | Reading the 380,000 yen per person breakdown
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s national medical care expenditure for fiscal 2023 reached a record high of 48 trillion 91.5 billion yen, or 386,700 yen per person. People aged 65 and over account for 60% of the total, and half of the funding comes from insurance premiums. We read the breakdown by age, funding source, disease and injury, and prefecture.