[Relationship between medical expenditures and government-sponsored medical check-ups for the aged].
Japanese law provides for regular medical examinations for the aged. A simulation study to determine the relationship between medical expenditures of cardiovascular disease patients and government-sponsored health check-ups for the aged was conducted in a small community town in Kanagawa Prefecture. The results showed that medical expenditures decreased in accordance with an increase in health screening. However, medical expenditure for out-patients increased slightly with an increase in screening for those cardiovascular disease patients who had not received treatment prior to the government health checkup.
Sekiyama
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M
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Showa University.
Hirano
W
W
Watanabe
Y
Y
Miura
Y
Y
Kawaguchi
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*