title: [One-year experience with the care insurance system in Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture].
abstract: A year has passed since the care insurance system started. Even though people have pointed out various kinds of problems, the number of users has gradually increase and lots of them have reported satisfaction. At present, there are about 2 million and 600 thousand people who have assessed the care grade, but about 600 thousand people who do not use care service. Although the patients and their families do not want to use the care service system, caremanagers can not leave them as they are. The topic that caremanagers have to take care is how to support them.
authors.affiliation: Chidori Nursing Home.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamada
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000592:standards*