病診連携とクリニカルパス

Since 2003, prospective payment system（PPS）based on diagnostic procedure combination（DPC）has been applied for the acute care hospitals including the special functional hospital. Theclinical pathway has introduced to decrease hospital stay and reduce the medical cost but it appearsto be a useful to control homogenously well-qualified patient care. “The Basic Act for Anti-Cancer Measures”to promote the standardization of cancer care nationwide was approved in June2006. The cooperative relationship between the acute care hospitals and clinics in the communityis important to maintain cancer patient’s QOL during recuperation. The clinical pathway is aclear navigation for their relation.