Analysis of the evidence-practice gap to facilitate proper medical care for the elderly: investigation, using databases, of utilization measures for National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan (NDB)

• Main Authors: Takeo Nakayama (Author), Yuichi Imanaka (Author), Yasushi Okuno (Author), Genta Kato (Author), Tomohiro Kuroda (Author), Rei Goto (Author), Shiro Tanaka (Author), Hiroshi Tamura (Author), Shunichi Fukuhara (Author), Shingo Fukuma (Author), Manabu Muto (Author), Motoko Yanagita (Author), Yosuke Yamamoto (Author), on behalf of BiDAME: Big Data Analysis of Medical Care for the Elderly in Kyoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract As Japan becomes a super-aging society, presentation of the best ways to provide medical care for the elderly, and the direction of that care, are important national issues. Elderly people have multi-morbidity with numerous medical conditions and use many medical resources for complex treat...