A) Operating structure
| | | | | | |
Main body of establishment
| | | | | | |
Hospital corporation (a)
|
39%
|
30%
|
26%
|
43%
|
38%
|
43%
|
Medical association (a)
|
5%
|
10%
|
0%
|
2%
|
6%
|
4%
|
Nursing association (a)
|
3%
|
8%
|
0%
|
2%
|
3%
|
2%
|
Incorporated association/general incorporated foundation (a)
|
6%
|
11%
|
1%
|
6%
|
6%
|
4%
|
Social welfare corporation (a)
|
7%
|
7%
|
6%
|
7%
|
7%
|
8%
|
Business corporation (a)
|
27%
|
17%
|
64%
|
31%
|
27%
|
26%
|
Others (a)
|
13%
|
17%
|
2%
|
11%
|
14%
|
13%
|
Operating years (average)
| | | | | | |
Operating years (b)
|
10.9
|
12.8
|
9.3
|
10.4
|
11.2
|
10.4
|
Parallel establishment of medical facility
| | | | | | |
Clinics with no beds (c)
|
13%
|
13%
|
13%
|
5%
|
13%
|
13%
|
Clinics with beds (c)
|
4%
|
1%
|
2%
|
4%
|
4%
|
5%
|
Hospitals (c)
|
37%
|
39%
|
23%
|
58%
|
35%
|
37%
|
None/missing value (c)
|
47%
|
49%
|
64%
|
34%
|
49%
|
46%
|
Care management agency and branch agency
| | | | | | |
Parallel establishment of care management agency (a)
|
54%
|
64%
|
41%
|
38%
|
57%
|
53%
|
Another post of a worker as care manager (a)
|
18%
|
32%
|
8%
|
11%
|
21%
|
15%
|
Establishment of branch agency (a)
|
4%
|
10%
|
9%
|
2%
|
3%
|
2%
|
B) Management of service
| | | | | | |
Operation days
| | | | | | |
Only weekdays (b)
|
44%
|
47%
|
55%
|
40%
|
44%
|
42%
|
Weekdays and Saturdays (b)
|
47%
|
43%
|
35%
|
53%
|
46%
|
48%
|
Weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays (b)
|
10%
|
10%
|
10%
|
7%
|
10%
|
10%
|
Status of notification system
| | | | | | |
Addition of emergency services delivery (a)
|
86%
|
98%
|
62%
|
68%
|
90%
|
84%
|
Addition of 24-hour service delivery (a)
|
77%
|
97%
|
53%
|
55%
|
83%
|
72%
|
Addition of intensive medical management (a)
|
92%
|
100%
|
77%
|
66%
|
97%
|
91%
|
Addition of end-of-life care (a)
|
85%
|
98%
|
61%
|
59%
|
90%
|
83%
|
Home-visit nursing care in private nursing homes
| | | | | | |
Provisions of home-visit nursing services for patients in private nursing homes (c)
|
6%
|
7%
|
8%
|
11%
|
5%
|
6%
|
C) Employment
| | | | | | |
Number of workers (average)
| | | | | | |
Nurses - converted as full-time workers (a)
|
4.7
|
8.8
|
5.1
|
4.4
|
4.2
|
4
|
Rehabilitation staff - converted as full-time workers (a)
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
8.3
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
Ratio of rehabilitation staff to total workers (a)
|
23%
|
0%
|
83%
|
1%
|
3%
|
2%
|
D) Patient utilization
| | | | | | |
Patients (average)
| | | | | | |
Number of patients (a)
|
65.9
|
113.8
|
184
|
58.4
|
73
|
38.4
|
Facilities with patients using medical insurance who accounted for 50% or more (a)
|
7%
|
4%
|
2%
|
90%
|
1%
|
0%
|
Cancer at terminal stage (c)
|
2.6
|
5.8
|
2.3
|
1.3
|
2.6
|
1.9
|
Intractable disease (c)
|
6.7
|
11.1
|
21.1
|
5.1
|
6.5
|
4.4
|
Psychiatric disease (c)
|
5.2
|
4.8
|
2.2
|
50.7
|
2.7
|
1.7
|
Number of patients and home visits per worker (average)
| | | | | | |
Patients per worker (a)
|
11.6
|
11.9
|
13.9
|
12.1
|
15.4
|
8.3
|
Patients of terminal-stage cancer care per worker (c)
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.5
|
0.4
|
Patients with intractable diseases per worker (c)
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.5
|
1
|
1.3
|
0.9
|
Patients with psychiatric diseases per worker (c)
|
1
|
0.4
|
0.2
|
9.7
|
0.6
|
0.4
|
Pediatric patients per worker (c)
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
Home visits per worker (a)
|
64.4
|
68.8
|
72.5
|
61.3
|
85.1
|
46.6
|
System to accept patients
| | | | | | |
Home intravenous alimentation (b)
|
83%
|
98%
|
75%
|
56%
|
89%
|
78%
|
Mechanical ventilation (b)
|
72%
|
91%
|
77%
|
49%
|
77%
|
64%
|
Pain control with narcotic medication (b)
|
84%
|
97%
|
69%
|
55%
|
90%
|
80%
|
Number of patient deaths per year (average)
| | | | | | |
Total number of patient deaths (c)
|
13.9
|
32.4
|
13.1
|
5.4
|
14.5
|
9.2
|
Number of patient deaths at home (c)
|
7.8
|
19.6
|
7
|
3.2
|
7.9
|
4.8
|
Number of patient deaths at a place other than home (c)
|
6.1
|
12.8
|
6.2
|
2.2
|
6.6
|
4.3
|
Rate of deaths at home (c)
|
62%
|
65%
|
59%
|
69%
|
62%
|
60%
|
Ratios related to death from cancer (average)
| | | | | | |
Number of patients who died from cancer (c)
|
8.5
|
19
|
6.3
|
3.7
|
8.5
|
6.2
|
Ratio of cancer patients among patients who died (c)
|
45%
|
47%
|
30%
|
38%
|
44%
|
47%
|
Ratio of deaths at home of patients who died from cancer (c)
|
54%
|
59%
|
50%
|
52%
|
56%
|
51%
|
Ratio of deaths at home of patients who died due to a cause other than cancer (c)
|
46%
|
49%
|
37%
|
53%
|
47%
|
46%
|
E) Financial condition
| | | | | | |
Financial performance of agency
| | | | | | |
Profitable (c)
|
44%
|
62%
|
58%
|
35%
|
49%
|
34%
|
Balanced (c)
|
27%
|
19%
|
26%
|
22%
|
31%
|
27%
|
Unprofitable (c)
|
20%
|
14%
|
3%
|
25%
|
14%
|
28%
|
Unclear (c)
|
9%
|
6%
|
14%
|
18%
|
6%
|
11%
|
F) Regional cooperation
| | | | | | |
Characteristics of location of the facility (cities, towns and villages)
| | | | | | |
Population density median (b)
|
1122/km2
|
1234/km2
|
3538/km2
|
1157/km2
|
1992/km2
|
808/km2
|
Population aging rate average (b)
|
23.4
|
22.8
|
22.2
|
22.5
|
23.1
|
24
|
Directions and cooperation (average)
| | | | | | |
Collaborative hospitals who received directions (b)
|
23
|
34
|
53
|
16
|
26
|
17
|
Collaborative physicians who received directions (b)
|
34.2
|
52.9
|
75.8
|
25.7
|
38.4
|
24
|
Collaborative care management agencies
|
18
|
25
|
39
|
12
|
20
|
13
|