Relationship between medical expenditures and government-sponsored medical check-ups for the aged |
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Authors: | M Sekiyama W Hirano Y Watanabe Y Miura T Kawaguchi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Showa University. |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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