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Japan Forgoes Creation of Medical Fee to Reward Hospital Formularies in 2020 Reform
A key health ministry panel on January 15 approved a paper setting out the direction of each reform item toward the reimbursement policy revision in April 2020, which included no mention about the proposed creation of a medical fee that…
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