2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Analysis of Factors Controlling the Medical Care Expense of Senior Citizens Which Gives Influence to Households Joining Medical Care Insurance System
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17500507
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
General human life sciences
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
YOKOTA Akiko Hiroshima University, Graduate school of Education, Associate Professor (00210609)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | health care insurance system / economic burden on households / medical care expense of senior citizen / life environment / differences between areas / medical care |
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| Research Abstract |
In Japan, there is a big difference of medical care expenses of senior citizens between areas. Medical care expense per senior citizen alone is one which includes extremely high areas and extremely low areas. In the place, I made dear the realities and factors of the big difference from respects of local living, natural environment, society economy environment and medical care services.
I used panel data analysis as a study method. The data are ones about medical care expenses of senior citizens who join National. Health Insurance, local living natural environment, society economy environment and medical care services about all cities and all towns in Hiroshima since 2001 to 2005. I analyzed the realities and factors of the local difference of medical care expense alone between areas with those data. As a result, it became clear that scale of family, local economic power, natural environment, society economy environment and quantities of medical care service. I showed future policy proposals on the basis of these results.
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Research Products
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[Presentation] 医療政策と医療費2007
Author(s)
横田 明子
Organizer
日本消費経済学会第32回全国大会
Place of Presentation
中央学院大学(千葉県我孫子市)
Year and Date
2007-05-20
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] 医療政策と医療費2006
Author(s)
横田 明子
Organizer
日本消費経済学会西日本大会
Place of Presentation
中村学園大学(福岡県福岡市)
Year and Date
2006-12-10
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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