Classification of long-term care wards and their functional characteristics: analysis of national hospital data in Japan

• Main Authors: Ayumi Igarashi (Author), Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani (Author), Kojiro Morita (Author), Hiroki Matsui (Author), Claudia K.Y. Lai (Author), Hideo Yasunaga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In a rapidly aging society that has promoted extensive reforms of the healthcare system, clarifying functional patterns in long-term care wards is important for developing regional healthcare policies. This study aimed to classify patterns of inpatient characteristics among Japan...