Research about a service base of home medical care in Niigata : The establishment situation of homecare support clinic in Niigata

摘要

In order to determine the infrastructure of home medical care services in Niigata, a survey was conducted on the number of registrations submitted for homecare support clinic, homecare general management fees, and homecare terminal medical care general medical fees introduced with the revision of medical service fees in 2006. The results showed that no registrations were made in 17 municipals for homecare support clinic, and none in 18 municipals for homecare terminal medical care general medical fees. As for the breakdown of the submissions for homecare general management fees, registrations were submitted from 83 homecare support clinics, 184 clinics that were not homecare support clinic, and three hospitals. It was therefore concluded that the homecare support clinic in Niigata differs according to region, and currently, medical facilities providing home medical care are mainly clinics that are not homecare support clinic