Medical assistance - Iryofujio

Japanese: 医療扶助 - いりょうふじょ

A type of assistance under the Public Assistance Act, it provides medical examinations, medication, surgery, hospitalization at hospitals and clinics, nursing care, transportation, and other assistance to those who are too poor to maintain a minimum standard of living. Medical treatment provided under medical assistance is almost the same as that provided under medical health insurance. In principle, medical assistance is provided in kind at designated medical institutions, but in certain circumstances it can also be provided in the form of monetary assistance. The proportion of medical assistance in public assistance payments is gradually increasing.

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Japanese:

生活保護法による扶助の一種で，困窮のため最低限度の生活を維持することもできない者に対して，診察，投薬や手術，病院や診療所への入院，看護，移送などの保護を行うもの。医療扶助で行う診療は医療保健の給付内容とほとんど同じである。原則として指定医療機関で現物給付が行われるが，事情によっては金銭給付によることもできる。生活保護費のなかで医療扶助費の占める割合は徐々にふえてきている。

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