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A Study on the Public Health Education of Veterinary Medicine and Medical Schools in Korea and Japan (한국과 일본국에 있어서 수의학 및 의학분야의 공중보건학교육에 관한 비교연구)

  • Lee Won-Chang
    • Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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    • v.25 no.9
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    • pp.536-541
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    • 1989
  • In order to an observative study on the public health education of Veterinary Medicine and Human Medical Schools in Korea and Japan. In terms of survey research, the analyses were made upon the status of public health education in the veterinary medical s

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Analysis on international trade flow of medical devices in Korea, China, and Japan (한.중.일 의료기기 무역분석)

  • Bae, Hong-Kyun
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.131-152
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    • 2012
  • This study has analyzed the international trade flow of medical devices in Korea, China, and Japan more theoretically and systematically through a mutual connection of the medical device export structure of Korea and the import structure of China and Japan organically, with an intensity approach on the bilateral international trade flow. Also, it is meaningful to find a solution to boost exports of Korea to China and Japan. Therefore in this study, we recognize the importance of the medical device market in China and Japan, which is the main competition for Korea and its market, and look into the trade situation of these three countries. We also look into the relative market stream and the trade intensity of the main medical devices in Korea, China and Japan, and seek measures for the steady growth of the medical device market in these three countries.

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Analyses on the Consumption Pattern of the Medical Care in Japan (일본 보건의료의 소비성향 분석)

  • 최현숙
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 1997
  • The consumption of various medical cares is affected not only by income and price but also by the number of household members. This study aims at examining how the number of household members affects the consumption pattern of medical care in Japan. The major findings of this study are summarized as follows; The elasticities of household members on the medical care consumption are estimated to be -2.4 in the 20-years groups in case of total medical care expenditure, 4.1 in the 50-years groups of medical care items, -3.1 in the 40-years groups of medical supplies and equipments, and -5.6 in the 60-years groups and -2.7 in the 50-years groups of medical services.

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The National Clinical Database as an Initiative for Quality Improvement in Japan

  • Murakami, Arata;Hirata, Yasutaka;Motomura, Noboru;Miyata, Hiroaki;Iwanaka, Tadashi;Takamoto, Shinichi
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.47 no.5
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    • pp.437-443
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    • 2014
  • The JCVSD (Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database) was organized in 2000 to improve the quality of cardiovascular surgery in Japan. Web-based data harvesting on adult cardiac surgery was started (Japan Adult Cardiovascular Surgery Database, JACVSD) in 2001, and on congenital heart surgery (Japan Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery Database, JCCVSD) in 2008. Both databases grew to become national databases by the end of 2013. This was influenced by the success of the Society for Thoracic Surgeons' National Database, which contains comparable input items. In 2011, the Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery announced that the JACVSD and JCCVSD data are to be used for board certification, which improved the quality of the first paperless and web-based board certification review undertaken in 2013. These changes led to a further step. In 2011, the National Clinical Database (NCD) was organized to investigate the feasibility of clinical databases in other medical fields, especially surgery. In the NCD, the board certification system of the Japan Surgical Society, the basic association of surgery was set as the first level in the hierarchy of specialties, and nine associations and six board certification systems were set at the second level as subspecialties. The NCD grew rapidly, and now covers 95% of total surgical procedures. The participating associations will release or have released risk models, and studies that use 'big data' from these databases have been published. The national databases have contributed to evidence-based medicine, to the accountability of medical professionals, and to quality assessment and quality improvement of surgery in Japan.

Analysis of Differences in Preterm Birth Rates According to Household Occupation in Japan From 2007 to 2019

  • Okui, Tasuku;Nakashima, Naoki
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.55 no.4
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    • pp.371-378
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: No studies have examined the association between preterm birth rates and socioeconomic factors in Japan using nationwide statistical data. We analyzed the association between preterm birth rates and household occupation using Vital Statistics data. Methods: Aggregated Vital Statistics data from Japan from 2007 to 2019 were obtained from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. From the data, the number of births according to year, age group, gestational period, number of pregnancies, and household occupation were used in this study. Crude preterm birth rates and preterm birth rates adjusted by maternal age according to household occupation were calculated for each year. Poisson regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the association between household occupation and preterm births. Results: Unemployed households had the highest preterm birth rate, and households with an occupation classification of "full-time worker 2" (an employee at a large company, civil servant, or board member) had the lowest preterm birth rate throughout each period. Poisson regression analysis revealed that unemployed households were statistically significantly associated with a high preterm birth risk. In contrast, the preterm birth rate adjusted by maternal age remained stable throughout each period regardless of household occupation, and preterm birth rates were found not to have increased in recent years in Japan. Conclusions: Unemployed households had higher preterm birth rates than other household occupations. Further studies investigating the characteristics of unemployed households are needed to identify the reasons for this disparity.