selectively participate in social activities). We describe a quasi-experimental intervention in one municipality of Japan designed …

1961, Japan’s national health insurance has provided an equal package of benefits including outpatient, inpatient, dental … economic stagnation. Using time-series cross-sectional data of a nationally representative survey of Japan, we assessed the …

city in northern Japan in January 2007 (n = 3385). Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the association of …

Studies of health inequalities in Japan have increased since the millennium. However, there remains a lack of an … accepted theory-based classification to measure occupation-related social position for Japan. This study attempts to derive … standard classification system suitable for monitoring occupation-related health inequalities in Japan. …

Long-Term Care Insurance was introduced in Japan, for-profit providers have been able to provide formal long-term homecare …

The extent that risk factors, identified in Western countries, account for health inequalities in Japan remains unclear … behavioural factors upon which the current public health policies in Japan focus. The analyses in this study need to be replicated …

The story of Roseto, Pennsylvania, USA, is one of the most widely cited studies of the putative influence of community … specific region of Japan (which we call the M-region to preserve anonymity). Using survey data and qualitative interviews, we …

resources, healthcare service provision, and interregional patient flow in Japan. A cross-sectional study was performed using … services in Japan. The equity of the distribution of physicians among hospitals and clinics was evaluated using the Lorenz … geographical distribution of healthcare resources in Japan. Further research and healthcare-related databases are also needed to …