2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on Functions of Long-Term Care Facilities in an Integrated Care System: from a Comparative Perspective between the United States and Japan.
| Project/Area Number |
22530263
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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 |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
IKAI Shuhei 一橋大学, 大学院・社会学研究科, 准教授 (90343334)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 社会保障論 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to get valuable insights for the future role of long-term care facilities through the comparison of the historical development of Japan's long-term care facilities with the US counterparts. Our major findings are: 1)in face of rapidly aging population through the 1970s, Japan's hospitals responded quickly to care the elderly while in the US, nursing homes played the major role for caring them, 2) since then, both Japan's hospitals and US nursing homes have shared characteristics in common in the matter of treating the elderly.
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