Rural Health Care in Japan and the United States: Shared
Challenges and Solutions
Program Papers
INTRODUCTION
L. Gordon Flake
PROCEEDINGS SUMMARY
AND CONCLUSIONS
Naoki Ikegami, M.D. and Pat Murdo
THE JAPANESE AND AMERICAN
HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS:
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
John Creighton Campbell, Ph.D.
RURAL HEALTH CARE IN
JAPAN
Toshihiko Takeda and Etsuro Kashiwagi, M.D.
RURAL HEALTH CARE IN
THE UNITED STATES
Thomas C. Ricketts, Ph.D., M.P.H.
TRAINING PHYSICIANS FOR
MEDICAL FACILITIES
IN REMOTE RURAL AREAS
Fumimaro Takaku, M.D. and Eiji Kajii, M.D.
PREPARING PHYSICIANS
FOR RURAL PRACTICE:
THE WWAMI MODEL
John B. Coombs, M.D.
PRIMARY CARE IN REMOTE
RURAL AREAS:
EXPERIENCE IN MIRUTO
Kenjiro Narato, M.D.
CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS:
THEIR ROLE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN PRIMARY AND LONG-TERM
CARE
James F. Ahrens
PRIMARY CARE AND LONG-TERM
CARE IN RURAL AREAS
Masaji Maezawa, M.D.
INTEGRATING RURAL PRIMARY,
ACUTE AND LONG-TERM
CARE SERVICES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Andrew F. Coburn, Ph.D.
TELECONSULTATION IN ISOLATED
ISLANDS AND ITS
CLINICAL EDUCATION IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Hiroshi Natori, M.D.
TELEHEALTH IN MONTANA
John Zauher
BIOGRAPHIES
GLOSSARY
