[Relationship of in- and outpatient medical expenditure for the elderly to socioeconomics, medical services, and health and welfare projects].
In order to clarify what factors are associated with per capita medical care expenditure for those aged 65 years and over, for inpatients and outpatients respectively, correlation analyses were performed using several indices of medical services, socioeconomics, medical supply, health and welfare projects for fiscal 1989 among 99 administrative areas in Gifu Prefecture. The expense for inpatients was correlated with the service-acceptance rate, while on the other hand the expense for outpatients was correlated with average cost of medical receipts. Two major factors were number of physicians per person aged 65 years and over and per capita income. For outpatients, population density and per capita amount of subsidy for "elderly welfare projects" were significantly correlated with medical expenditure, with the latter showing a negative correlation. Multiple regression analyses indicated that these factors were independently correlated with the expenses. These findings indicate that expenses for inpatients and outpatients have different construction, with each being associated with different factors.
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Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine.
Shimizu
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Nishimura
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Umemura
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D000368:Aged; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007564:Japan; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010045:Outpatients; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors