Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / 厚生劳动省

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare appears in vol.120.日本医疗体系的崩溃与重生：医院、药品、医保三角困局的一种解法 as the Japanese government institution associated with post-2000 healthcare reform. The episode links the 2001 ministry reorganization to later reform around hospitals, insurance, drugs, long-term care, and professional roles.

The source does not prove that the institutional merger directly caused reform success, but it treats the ministry as the coordinating site for DPC/DRG Payment Reform, Japanese Drug Pricing Reform / 日本药品定价改革, Community Integrated Care / 社区综合照护, and Pharmacist As Second Doctor / 药剂师第二医生体系.

Connections

• Japan - national government context.
• Japanese Healthcare System / 日本医疗体系 - system whose reforms the ministry helps coordinate in the source.
• DPC/DRG Payment Reform, Japanese Drug Pricing Reform / 日本药品定价改革, Community Integrated Care / 社区综合照护, and Pharmacist As Second Doctor / 药剂师第二医生体系 - policy branches associated with the ministry.