Regional disparity in the provision of rehabilitation services using the open data from the Japanese national claims database: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There are few reports on regional differences in the supply/utilisation balance and provision of rehabilitation services. This study analysed those regional differences in Japan to help policymakers provide more uniform and efficient rehabilitation services and optimally allocate related resources.

Design

An ecological study.

Setting

47 prefectures and 9 regions in Japan in 2017.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary measures were 'supply/utilisation (S/U) ratio', calculated by dividing rehabilitation supply converted to service units, by rehabilitation utilisation and 'utilisation/expected utilisation (U/EU) ratio', calculated by dividing utilisation by EU. The EU was defined as utilisation expected from the demography in each area. Data re

SUBMITTER: Morii Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314667 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature