Regional variation in long-term care spending in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health inequalities are widening in Japan, and thus, it is important to understand whether (and to what extent) there is a regional variation in long-term care (LTC) spending across municipalities. This study assesses regional variation in LTC spending and identifies the drivers of such variation.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using publicly available municipality-level data across Japan in 2019, in which the unit of analysis was municipality. The outcome of interest was per-capita LTC spending, which was estimated by dividing total LTC spending in a municipality by the number of older adults (people aged ≥ 65). To further identify drivers of regional variation in LTC spending, we conducted linear regression of per-capita spending against a series o

SUBMITTER: Jin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508719 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature