title: Rehabilitation Medicine in a Small Clinic: Effort of a private clinic with small inpatient facility in a province of Japan.
abstract: Dyna Rehabilitation Clinic is a small clinic located in Tochigi (Japan) with a capacity of 19 patients, serving as the core facility in providing borderless and seamless care in medicine, rehabilitation medicine, and long-term care; from inpatient rehabilitation for recovering patients to home-visit medical services and long-term care, including terminal care. In Japan, the managing physician of an authorized clinic with small inpatient facilities lives within the clinic's property or in the land adjacent to it and attends the inpatients while responding to local medical needs on a 24-hour basis, reflecting local climate, communities, and culture. Unlike a large-scale hospital, a clinic with a small-scale inpatient facilities specialized in rehabilitation with close links to local communities can still survive as a business and contribute to local society - Dyna Rehabilitation Clinic is a good example. Patients vary in their diseases, complications, age, family structure, living environment, financial status, sense of values, and the lives they lead. It is impossible to meet all such needs with one standard rehabilitation scheme - but, clinics with small inpatient facilities, such as Dyna Rehabilitation Clinic, can provide more treatment more flexibly, and fill in the gap.
authors.affiliation: Director, Dyna Rehabilitation Clinic, Ohtawara City, Tochigi, Japan ( 81-287-20-3102 .
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
keywords: Clinic with inpatient facilities; Close links with the community; Long-term care insurance; Rehabilitation