Characteristics of first-time users of the nursing small-scale multifunctional home care service: a pooled cross-sectional study using Japanese long-term care insurance claims data from 2012 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In April 2012, the Japanese government launched a new nursing service called the nursing small-scale multifunctional home care (NSMHC) to meet the nursing care demands of individuals with moderate-to-severe activities of daily living (ADLs) dysfunction and who require medical care, thereby allowing them to continue living in the community. We aimed to preliminarily analyse the characteristics of first-time users of NSMHC service.

Design

This pooled cross-sectional study used the Japanese long-term care insurance (LTCI) claims data from the users' first use of NSMHC (from April 2012 to December 2019).

Setting

NSMHC includes nursing home visits, home care, daycare, overnight stays and medical treatment.

Participants

The study population included LTCI b

SUBMITTER: Morioka N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11110544 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature