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.

177.日本医保基金为何要支持免费的国民体检？ adds the ministry’s prevention-policy role. The episode links the ministry to Japanese Specific Health Checkups / 日本特定健诊 standards, implementation targets, the 1996 formalization of lifestyle-disease language, and later data health reporting that made insurer prevention work comparable across organizations.

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.
• Japanese Specific Health Checkups / 日本特定健诊, Lifestyle-Disease Prevention / 生活习惯病预防, and Health Insurer Prevention Accountability / 保险者预防责任 - preventive-health branches added by episode 177.