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Systems for the treatment of diabetes in Japan
1Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Well-organized medical insurance systems cover all medical fees for diabetes mellitus, and diabetics can visit doctors quite freely in Japan. Also insulin therapy by self-injection became legal and covered by health insurance after 1981 in this country. Despite such good conditions for the patients, there are some problems such as the increase of patients with diabetes, poor education systems for diabetics and not enough systems to care for patients with severe diabetic complications.