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Does the difference in the medical expenses subsidy system affect the health inequality in children?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03729
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Public finance/Public economy
Research InstitutionNational Center for Child Health and Development

Principal Investigator

Moriichi Akinori  国立研究開発法人国立成育医療研究センター, その他, 室長 (50374418)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords健康格差 / 小児医療 / 医療費助成 / 公費 / 小児慢性特定疾病 / 医療格差
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Japan has several medical grant programs that help children reduce their medical expenses. The medical expenses subsidy system consists of national benefits that the government pays, and regional assistance that the municipalities spend. The national system is operated uniformly throughout the country, while the local government system differs greatly among the local governments. This research explored the local infants and children medical expense subsidies and investigated how the disparities of medical benefits affect the health indicators of children.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

全国1,741市町村の全ての自治体の乳幼児・子ども医療費助成の実態について調査を行い、地域差が大きいことが分かった。一方で死亡のような重大な健康アウトカムに対しては、医療費助成の差異による影響は少ないことが分かった。
一方、過去100年以上の5歳未満死亡について、都道府県別に相対的格差の検証を行ったところ、戦後減少していた相対的格差が近年再び増加している可能性があることが分かった。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Inter-prefecture disparity in under-5 mortality: 115?year trend in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Nagata Chie、Moriichi Akinori、Morisaki Naho、Gai-Tobe Ruoyan、Ishiguro Akira、Mori Rintaro
    • Journal Title

      Pediatrics International

      Volume: 59 Issue: 7 Pages: 816-820

    • DOI

      10.1111/ped.13304

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Japan’s 115-year trend of inter-prefectural disparities in under-five mortality2017

    • Author(s)
      Chie Nagata, Akinori Moriichi, Naho Morisaki, Ruoyan Gai-Tobe, Akira Ishiguro, Rintaro Mori
    • Journal Title

      Pediatrics International

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 小児慢性特定疾病登録の地域差に関する検討2018

    • Author(s)
      盛一享徳, 柏﨑ゆたか, 森本康子, 横谷進
    • Organizer
      第121回日本小児科学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 小児慢性特定疾病対策の登録データは小児循環器の疾病登録データベースになりうるか?2016

    • Author(s)
      盛一享徳、森本康子、小林徹
    • Organizer
      第52回日本小児循環期学会学術集会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-06
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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