Annual national medical care expenditure Japan FY 2021, by service
In the fiscal year 2021, the national medical expenses in Japan for inpatient services amounted to approximately 16.9 trillion Japanese yen. That year, the national medical expenditure in the country reached around 45 trillion yen in total. National medical care expenditure refers to the total of public funding and medical expenditure paid by patients in Japan, as well as payments through Japanese health insurance and such.