Effects of prevention on health care expenditure and longevity using national database

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23590633
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: The University of Fukuchiyama (2016); National Institute of Public Health (2011-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Okamoto Etsuji 福知山公立大学, 地域経営学部, 教授 (90247974)
• Research Collaborator: KAMITANI Tatsuo 福知山公立大学, 地域経営学部, 教授 (30388227)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: レセプト / 特定健康診査 / 健康保険組合 / メタボリックシンドローム / 経済評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To evaluate the effects of health checks and guidance on outpatient health care expenditures related to metabolic syndrome, health insurance claims data from National Medical Benefit Survey were followed up for a cohort of 4.84 million beneficiaries. Growth rate of metabolic-syndrome-related health care expenditure in 4 years was concentrated in 1.05～1.1, with 330 health insurance societies out of 1038 fell in this interval. The skewness was 1.81, indicating inflationary effect on health care expenditures.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学