Temporal Transition in Nationwide Social Hospitalization

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24530253
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Applied economics
Research Institution	Okayama University
Principal Investigator	Kishida Kensaku 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (30346407)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TANIGAKI Shizuko 岡山大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (80263143)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	社会的入院 / 介護保険 / 医療経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Social hospitalization is the unnecessary inpatient service use caused by a shortage of long-term care services or family caregivers. The study aim is to clarify the temporal transition in nationwide social hospitalization. Inpatients aged 65 or older in general and long-term care beds from 1996 to 2008 were the focus of the study. The cost of social hospitalization increased from 422.8 billion yen in 1996 to 668.4 billion yen in 2002. After this, the cost started to decreased from 599.9 billion yen in 2005 to 391.1 billion yen in 2008. Most of this decrease was in long-term care beds, which was triggered by the reorganization of long-term care beds by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.