| Project/Area Number |
12672183
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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 |
Medical sociology
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
FUKUDA Takashi Guest Associate Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo, 大学院・薬学系研究科, 客員助教授 (40272421)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKEMURA Shinji Researcher, Department of Public Health Policy, National Institute of Public Health, 公衆衛生行政学部, 研究員 (50280756)
OHMORI Masahiro Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Ochanomizu University, 生活科学部, 助教授 (40286000)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
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| Keywords | non-price competition / patient behavior / health care delivery system / medical equipment |
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| Research Abstract |
Under the fee for service reimbursement system of health care in apan, hospitals have to compete with each other in order to attract more patients. Because fee for each service is universally determined by the government, they seem to have non-price competition. We hypothesized that hospitals adopted new technologies such as CTs and MRIs to demonstrate their quality so that they could attract more patients. We used data of hospitals under 200 beds. We picked up several second medical care areas defined by prefectures. We performed multiple regression analyzes to investigate relationship between the number of outpatients and medical equipments, human resources and hospital characteristics. Some equipments such as MRIs and fiberscopies showed positive influence to increase the number of outpatients.
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