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ID 114751
Title Alternative
Area-Based Medicine
Author
Inoue, Nobutaka Kobe Rosai Hospital
Matsumura, Toshiyuki Kumamoto Rosai Hospital
Sakai, Hiroto Hokkaido Chuo Rosai Hospital
Keywords
community-based integrated care system
social stress
cardiovascular diseases
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Japan’s health insurance system has reached a critical turning point owing to a decreasing birthrate, increasing longevity, and changes in disease trends. The Japanese government is promoting the establishment of a community-based integrated care system aimed at maintaining the dignity of elderly individuals and supporting independent living. This care system will ensure medical and nursing care, preventive measures, and independent living support. This type of care system should be based on the characteristics of individual geographical areas, as there are marked regional variations in patterns of aging, lifestyle, and the adequacy of local medical care. Therefore, it is important that medical services are tailored to fit the kind of medical care needed by residents of each geographical area and to provide medical services accordingly. In this paper, we propose a need for area-based medicine, whereby medical care is provided according to the characteristics of individual geographical areas in super-ageing societies such as that of Japan.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA12022913
AA11166929
Publisher
Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine
Volume
67
Issue
1-2
Start Page
40
End Page
43
Sort Key
40
Published Date
2020-02
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language
eng
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