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北海道における地域医療情報ネットワーク事業の停滞要因と規模の経済性 : 登録患者数の低迷を規定する要因は何か?

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Title: 北海道における地域医療情報ネットワーク事業の停滞要因と規模の経済性 : 登録患者数の低迷を規定する要因は何か?
Other Titles: “Economies of Scale” as a critical factor behind the stagnation of Regional Healthcare Networks in Hokkaido : Investigating low levels of patient registration
Authors: 伊藤, 敦1 Browse this author →KAKEN DB
丹野, 忠晋2 Browse this author →KAKEN DB
櫻井, 秀彦3 Browse this author →KAKEN DB
奥村, 貴史4 Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Authors(alt): Ito, Atsushi1
Tanno, Tadanobu2
Sakurai, Hidehiko3
Okumura, Takashi4
Keywords: Regional healthcare networks
Ratio of registered patients
ratio of connected medical institutions
economies of scale
Hokkaido
Issue Date: 31-Mar-2023
Publisher: 北海道大学公共政策大学院
Journal Title: 年報 公共政策学
Journal Title(alt): Annals, Public Policy Studies
Volume: 17
Start Page: 101
End Page: 116
Abstract: Hokkaido faces challenges to the effective implementation of its healthcare infrastructure because of demographic factors such as negative population growth and an aging population, and economic factors, including financial difficulties faced by local governments. Regional healthcare networks have been built to overcome these problems and streamline healthcare delivery. However, the number of registered patients is only 1% of the total population. This study investigated the factors that cause the stagnation of the number of registered patients in the regional healthcare networks in Hokkaido. Our survey identified 46 networks in 21 medical regions. The average ratio of registered patients in Hokkaido was 4.1%, regional healthcare networks in the Sapporo area were dysfunctional. We estimated the factors influencing the ratio. The ratio of networked medical institutions in the region and the dummy variable for their business size were statistically significant for Hokkaido and for the secondary medical areas, excluding the Sapporo medical area. It follows that the number of registered patients in a network could be determined by the ratio of connected medical institutions and the size of their business. The problems could be overcome by exploiting the economy of scale in the networks. Establishing a prefecture-wide network would increase the number of registered patients and lower the overall cost of the networks.
Type: bulletin (article)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/89010
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