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【Presenter】
Maho Taguchi, Associate Professor, Yokohama University of Pharmacy Regulatory Science
[Announcement summary]
In Japan, home medical care and long-term care are being promoted with the goal of building a comprehensive community care system as one of the measures for an aging society. In this study, we used the facility standard information of medical departments and pharmacies notified to the local welfare bureau, 91,163 medical institutions (medical departments), and 59,410 pharmacies to investigate the implementation status of home medical care at hospitals / clinics and pharmacies nationwide. We investigated and analyzed regional uneven distribution and factors.
The percentage of medical institutions by prefecture that have delivered the standards for home care support clinics, home care support hospitals, home care record additions, and home care back-up support hospitals is 10.5 to 31.7%. The ratio was 11-47.1%. Spatial analysis showed a tendency of high west and low east, suggesting that the home medical care provision system of insurance medical institutions may differ from region to region. Multivariate analysis was performed using regional factors such as population density, elderly population, number of hospital beds, and facility factors such as pharmacy function.
[Presenter Profile]
Pharmacist, building environmental hygiene management engineer.
Completed the master's program at the Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University.
Obtained a doctorate from Gifu Pharmaceutical University (Doctor of Pharmacy).
After graduating from university, engaged in clinical research and research at Tokyo Medical University Hospital and Pharmacology Laboratory, School of Medicine.
After that, he studied abroad in the United States and engaged in research on addictive drugs such as narcotic analgesics at Wisconsin Medical University. After returning to Japan, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Fundamental Technology, Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd., and as a chief management pharmacist at the Pharmacy Department of the Yokohama City Emergency Medical Center, before assuming his current position.
Currently, he is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan and a member of the Academic WG of the School Pharmacist Subcommittee of the Japan Pharmaceutical Association.
