The comprehensive study on the restructuring of the regional healthcare system from the view point of the accessibility

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23249029
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: National Institute of Public Health
• Principal Investigator: KUMAKAWA Toshiro 国立保健医療科学院, その他部局等, その他 (10221227)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 医療提供体制 / アクセシビリティ / 看護動線

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to reconstruct the healthcare system that have been forced to change against the background of birthrate and population, uneven distribution of the population, worsening financial situation. Also, it is intended to comprehensively studied the healthcare system from the view point of accessibility. Accessibility is a mobile basis convenience of patients and a reach ease of nursing service. In this study, it was verified the following two points.
1) Development of hospital management and nursing system management technique as seen from the floor plans and staffing
2) Development of medical facilities deployment model that incorporates the perspectives of population distribution and urban structure

Free Research Field

医療社会学