Room：	#705 Main bldg
Keywords：	evidence-based medicine, quality indicators, clinical practice guidelines, medical/long-term care insurance claims database, rehabilitation

Research theme and outline

Research on Improving the Quality of Health Care Services

With the aim of closing the evidence-practice gap, I have been developing a quality indicator (QI) for health care services and clarifying the actual condition using a nationwide database of claims on medical and long-term care.　In the upcoming research, I will broaden my perspective to include economic evaluation.