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Barriers to Health Care among the Elderly in Japan

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ID15514440
AuthorsChiyoe Murata (Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, corresponding author), Tetsuji Yamada (Center for Children), Chia-Ching Chen (0000-0002-0898-8696, New York Medical College), Takeshi Ojima (0000-0001-6888-0698, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine), Toshiyuki Ojima (Hamamatsu University School of Medicine), Hajime Hirai (0000-0003-1761-292X, Nihon Fukushi University), Hiroshi Hirai (Nihon Fukushi University), Kyoichi Kondo (0000-0003-0076-816X, Nihon Fukushi University)
Year2010
Volume7
Issue4
Pages1330-1341
Publication date2010-03-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph7041330
PMID20617033
PMCIDPMC2872331
OpenAlexW2108575509
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited21

Japan is undergoing a set of health care reforms aimed at cutting rising health care costs and increasing the efficiency of health care delivery. This empirical study used a large-scale community survey on 15,302 elderly people 65 years and older (56.0% women) conducted in seven municipalities in 2006, to reveal clear-cut evidence of barriers to necessary care. The reasons for not getting health care is attributed to health care cost for the elderly with lower income, while higher income counterparts reported being busy or having a condition not serious enough to seek care

Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Health care delivery · Scale (ratio · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Gerontology

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