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Addressing Japan's health care cost challenge
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May 2008

A combination of reforms is needed to ease the burden on Japan’s health care system

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Building Japan’s generic-drug market

December 2007

Makers of generic and branded drugs alike stand to gain by developing the country's fledgling market.

Interviews

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Innovation in health care: An interview with the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic

March 2008

Delos "Toby" Cosgrove discusses innovation in health care—including a key role for top executives to play in reducing the nation’s health care burden.

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IT remedies for US health care: An interview with WellPoint's Leonard Schaeffer

December 2005

The chairman of the largest publicly traded US health benefits company discusses the industry's future.

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Seizing China’s pharma opportunity

February 2008

China’s pharmaceutical market is growing by upward of 20 percent a year, but global drug companies still must capture its full potential.

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Improving quality in pharma manufacturing

September 2007

For pharmaceutical and medical-product companies, adopting world-class manufacturing processes can create a competitive advantage by reducing regulatory risk and production costs.

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Using IT to speed up clinical trials

July 2007

The first wave of IT improvements solved some problems, but opportunities remain. Now it’s time for a more comprehensive approach.

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Overhauling the US health care payment system

June 2007

During the next five years, rapid innovation may restructure the value chain of health care payments and change the sector’s balance of power.

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Private solutions for health care in the Gulf

March 2007

To encourage the private sector, governments must learn how to regulate the health care industry appropriately.

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Universal principles for health care reform

February 2007

A health care system's fundamental problems can be addressed if the decision makers recognize the interlocking nature of its elements.

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The retail revolution in health insurance

March 2007

More and more, payers are dealing with individual consumers, not companies. They will have to change their products, their mind-sets, and their competencies.

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Transforming US hospitals

February 2007

Battered by competition and regulation, hospitals need fast, dramatic treatment: leadership that thinks strategically, builds quality, and aligns doctors with the goals of hospitals.

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Health Care in Africa

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How private health care can help Africa

March 2008

In Nigeria, Kenya, and elsewhere, the private sector already serves more than 40 percent of the people in the lowest economic quintile. With the right investments, it could do even more.

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Addressing Africa’s health workforce crisis

November 2007

Addressing Africa’s health workforce crisis is a formidable task. Yet McKinsey’s experience in the region suggests ways to make headway.

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Chart Pack

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A better hospital experience

November 2007

Hospitals must learn what commercially insured patients and their physicians look for when choosing facilities—and how to deliver it.

Research in Brief

A healthier health care system for the United Kingdom

February 2008

New research indicates that leadership by clinicians and talent management are the keys to making things better.

Survey

Executives say employee benefits help companies compete but have an incomplete understanding of benefits and how they perform.