Association between patient complexity and healthcare costs in primary care on a Japanese island: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between patient complexity and healthcare costs in a primary care setting on a Japanese island.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Tarama Clinic, Okinawa Miyako Hospital, on Tarama Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Participants

Patients who visited Tarama Clinic from 1 April 2018 to 30 June 2018, were aged 20 years or above, were resident in Tarama Village and had decision-making capacity.

Outcome measures

Patient complexity scored using Patient Centred Assessment Method (PCAM), healthcare costs per person per year/visit and participant characteristics.

Results

We included 355 study participants. The means (SD) of the total PCAM scores and healthcare costs per person per year/visit were

SUBMITTER: Sugiyama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040045 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature