Specialty

Health services research, Nursing administration, Geographic distribution of nursing workforce

Works

Original papers

1 Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Christina Sevelle, Atsushi Miyawaki, Kiyohide Fushimi, Peter Griffithis. Day and Night Nurse Staffing Levels and Hospital-Associated Disability in Older Adults in Japan: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Age and Ageing.2025 (in press)

2 Noriko Morioka, Masayo Kashiwagi, Kimikazu Kashiwagi, Kazuhiro Abe, Atsushi Miyawaki. Characteristics of first-time users of the nursing small-scale multifunctional home care service: a pooled cross-sectional study using Japanese long-term care insurance claims data from 2012 to 2019. BMJ Open. 2024;14(5). e080664-e080664

3 Tomoko Tamaki*, Noriko Morioka* (equally contributed), Ako Machida, Masayo Kashiwagi. Trends in the geographic inequality of advanced practice nursing workforce in cancer care in Japan from 1996 to 2022: a panel data analysis. Human Resources for Health. 2024;22(1)

4 Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Jun Tomio, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yasuko Ogata. Dementia and patient outcomes after hip surgery in older patients: A retrospective observational study using nationwide administrative data in Japan. PLoS One. 2021;16(4). e0249364-e0249364

5 Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Jun Tomio, Masayo Kashiwagi, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yasuko Ogata. Structure and process of dementia care and patient outcomes after hip surgery in elderly people with dementia: A retrospective observational study in Japan. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2019; 102:103470-103470

6 Noriko Morioka, Jun Tomio, Toshikazu Seto, Yasuki Kobayashi. The association between higher nurse staffing standards in the fee schedules and the geographic distribution of hospital nurses: A cross-sectional study using nationwide administrative data.

7 Noriko Morioka, Jun Tomio, Toshikazu Seto, Yasuki Kobayashi. Trends in the geographic distribution of nursing staff before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake: a longitudinal study.

Reviews

1 Noriko Morioka, Masanao Ochi, Suguru Okubo, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Kenshi Hayashida, Ichiro Sakata, Masayo Kashiwagi. Citation Network Analysis of Nurse Staffing Research from the Past Two Decades: 2000–2022. Healthcare. 2023;11(23): 3050-3050

2 Noriko Morioka, Suguru Okubo, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Kenshi Hayashida. Evidence of the Association between Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient and Nurses’ Outcomes in Acute Care Hospitals across Japan: A Scoping Review. Healthcare.2022;10(6)