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Health professions education 15 3.1 Health professions education governance 15 3.2 Capacities of health professions education institutions 16 3.3 Admission and selection of students 17 3.4 Regulation and accreditation of health professions education institutions 19 3.5 In-service and continuing professional education 19 4. Human resources for health utilization 20 4.1 Recruitment 20 4.2 Deployment and distribution policies and mechanisms 20 4.3 Unemployment 20 4.4 Employment of health workers in the private sector 21 4.5 Health workforce performance 21 5. Financing human resources for health 21 5.1 Human resources for health expenditure 21 5.2 Remuneration to health workers 22 5.3 Financing health professions education 24 6. Governance for human resources for health 25 6.1 Policies and plans 25 6.2 Policy development, planning and management 25 6.3 Professional registration 25 6.4 Human resources for health information 26 6.5 Health workforce demands 26 7. Concluding remarks 26 Endnotes 38 Annexes 28 Annex 1. Human resources for long-term care 28 Annex 2. OECD definition of rural areas 31 Annex 3. International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO 2008) 32 List of figures Figure 1. Regions and administrative divisions of Japan .................................................................................. 1 Figure 2. Population change in Japan .............................................................................................................. 2 Figure 3. Leading causes of death in Japan ...................................................................................................... 3 Figure 4. Health-care administration ............................................................................................................... 4 Figure 5. Hospitals by type and number of beds ............................................................................................. 4 Figure 6. Insured medical treatment system .................................................................................................... 5 Figure 7. Insurance system, payment for services and remuneration for service providers .............................. 5 Figure 8. Changes in medical care expenditure ............................................................................................... 6 Figure 9. Ratio of male to female doctors by age group .................................................................................. 9 Figure 10. Age distribution of health workers by health profession (2012) .................................................... 10 Figure 11. Health-care workers by region (2012) ........................................................................................... 12 Figure 12. Improving access to health care in remote areas .......................................................................... 13 Figure 13. Undergraduate studies and postgraduate clinical training for doctors .......................................... 15 Figure 14. Undergraduate studies for nurses................................................................................................. 16 Figure 15. Medical fee structure of medical institutions ................................................................................ 21 Figure 16. Average monthly wages for nurses and practical nurses by prefecture (facilities with 10 or more employees) .......................................................................................... 23 Figure 17. Structure of the Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare .............................. 25 Figure A1. Mechanisms of the long-term care insurance system .................................................................... 29 Figure A2. Educational pathway for a care worker ......................................................................................... 30 vi Human Resources for Health Country Profiles List of tables Table 1. Selected demographic characteristics ................................................................................................ 2 Table 2. Selected economic and socioeconomic characteristics ....................................................................... 2 Table 3. Selected health indicators .................................................................................................................. 3 Table 4. Selected health expenditure indicators............................................................................................... 6 Table 5. Current supply of health workers at national level ............................................................................. 8 Table 6. Gender distribution by health profession (2012) ................................................................................ 9 Table 7. Age distribution of health workers by health profession (2012) ....................................................... 10 Table 8. Health workers by health profession and region/district/province (2012) ........................................ 11 Table 9. Hospital beds by region (2013) .......................................................................................................