2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Analysis of out patients number increasement by continuance consultation patients

Research Project

Project/Area Number	13672371
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Medical sociology
Research Institution	Chubu-Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	TAKYU Hiroshi Chubu-Gakuin University, Department of well-being, Professor, 人間福祉学部・健康福祉学科, 教授 (00188129)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	IWAMOTO Susumu Tokuyama University, Department of Informatics, Professor, 福祉情報学部, 教授 (20034994) ISIDUKA Hideo Bosei-Pharmacy Inc., Dean IKEDA Tetsuya Bosei-Pharmacy Inc. SATO Hisanori Bosei-Pharmacy Inc.
Project Period (FY)	2001 – 2003
Keywords	out patients / patients number increasment / patients number estimation / continuous consultation patients
Research Abstract	In this paper we deal with the phenomenon of outpatients increasing gradually each year and propose this phenomenon to the hospital management. We defined a new outpatient attribute, "ID Number registered year" which is defined as the year when the patients first visit to the hospital. We analysed the patient data base by "ID numbr registered year" and found out that the number of the continuance consultation patient accumulated, and the entire number of outpatients increased. The concept of the continuance consultation patients is important to hospital management. Because we can estimate the outpatients number in the future, especially the patients from the clinic. The existence of these continuance consultation patients improves the hospital-clinic cooperation and the finance of the hospital and the clinic. In this research, we report the articles described below : 1.Continuous consultation patients in the university hospital in Tokyo. 2.Estimate of continuous consultation patients from the receipt of the prescription drug bureau near the teaching hospital in Kanagawa. 3.Analysis of characteristic of the percent of continuous consultation patients in the different department in clinics. 4.Application of continuous consultation patients to hospital management.