Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Number of MRs Breaks 60,000; Could Become Major Topic in Light of Strained Healthcare Finances
According to the “MR White Paper” compiled each year by the MR Education and Accreditation Center of Japan (MREAC), the number of MRs in Japan reached 61,246 in FY2010 (Fig. 1). When the number of MRs fell for the first…
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