ISSN 1347-6459

Preface

• Preface T. KUMAKAWA: Strategic management of evidence-based health and medical care policy: How to use new Digital Big Data in the health care system（513KB） Page 1-2

Topics

• T. KUMAKAWA, K. OTSUBO, Y. HIRATSUKA, E. OKAMOTO
  Evaluation of demand for medical care services, quality of health care and health policy by using electronic claims data（1639KB） Page 3-12
• E. OKAMOTO, Y. HIRATSUKA, K. OTSUBO, T. KUMAKAWA
  Evaluation of the health check up and guidance program through linkage with health insurance claims（6070KB） Page 13-30
• K. MIURA, N. MIYAGAWA, Y. MURAKAMI, H. KAKUNO, A. OKAYAMA
  Outlines of the national database on medical expenditure and health check-up（1575KB） Page 31-35
• T. SUGAHARA
  Economic background and issues of regional medical coordination policy in Japan（866KB） Page 36-45
• E. SATOH, T. KUMAKAWA
  Establishing medical care zone from residents perspectives: The accessibility of critical care in Kanagawa Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture as case studies（723KB） Page 46-51
  
• R. SANUKI, E. SATOH, T. KUMAKAWA, T. YOSHIKAWA
  Accessibility to medical care in case of major disasters（1084KB） Page 52-61
  
• I. ICHIKAWA
  Staff assignment and the intensity of nursing care needs in university hospital（1001KB） Page 62-67
• D. MATSUSHITA, T. KUMAKAWA, I. ICHIKAWA, R. ODAWARA, E. ISOKAWA, T. YAMASHITA
  Management of medical staff utilizing sensing technology: Development of a nursing activities measurement method with ultrasound positioning（1559KB） Page 68-80
  

Original

• K. KARITA, M. YOSHIDA, M. HARADA, M. ISHIKAWA, A. KOKAZE
  Characteristics of middle-aged women with no findings through complete medical check ups: the relevance of BMI, menopause, and the longevity-associated mitochondrial DNA 5178A/C polymorphism（791KB） Page 81-87

Review

• R. INOKUCHI, H. SATO, K. NAKAMURA, T. MATSUBARA, M. GUNSHIN, T. ISHII, S. NAKAJIMA, N. YAHAGI
  Healthcare information systems and clinical decision support for emergency departments: History and development in the United States（876KB） Page 88-97
• Educational Reports  Page 98-105