Share of hospitals experiencing a loss of operating income Japan FY 2017-2018
According to a survey conducted in Japan from July to October 2019, around 42.7 percent of hospitals stated that they experienced a deficit in operating income in fiscal year 2018. A slightly higher share of about 43.1 percent of hospitals experienced a deficit in fiscal 2017. In the same survey, roughly 55.3 percent of hospitals stated that they experienced a loss of income from medical practice in fiscal 2018.