2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Medical and long-term care resource use in older frail adults
| Project/Area Number |
21590727
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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 |
Public health/Health science
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| Research Institution | 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所) (2011)
Kyoto University (2009-2010) |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHIZAKI Tatsuro 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究部長 (30246045)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKAHASHI Ryutaro 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 副所長 (20150881)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 要介護高齢者 / 医療ニーズ / 介護保険制度 / 老人保健施設 / 特別養護老人ホーム / 医療資源消費 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study was to identify medical care use among older frail adults during their stay in a long-term care facility under Japan's public long-term care insurance. This study revealed that the most frequently performed blood test in the facility was serum albumin concentration. Chest radiography was the most commonly performed radiological diagnostic examination. Prescription drug expenditures varied widely among users. It is important for policy makers to identify medical resource use among older frail persons who use long-term care and to ensure providing appropriate medical care with them.
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