Recent Research from Toho University Highlight Findings in Health Insurance (Factors Related to Participation in Health Examinations for Japanese…

Recent Research from Toho University Highlight Findings in Health Insurance (Factors Related to Participation in Health Examinations for Japanese National Health Insurance: NIPPON DATA2010)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Investigators publish new report on Health Insurance. According to news reporting originating in Tokyo, Japan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "This study investigated relationships among socioeconomic factors and participation in health examinations for Japanese National Health Insurance (NHI) using a representative Japanese population. We used the linkage database of NIPPON DATA2010 and Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2010."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Toho University, "Participants with NHI aged 40-74 years were included in the analysis. Prevalence ratios (PRs) for participation in health examinations in the past year were set as an outcome. Participant characteristics, including sex, age, socioeconomic factors (educational attainment, employment, equivalent household expenditure [EHE], house ownership, and marital status), laboratory measures, and lifestyle were included in an age-stratified modified Poisson regression analysis to examine relationships. The number of study participants was 812, and 564 (69.5%) participated in health examinations in the past year. Among those aged 40-64 years, there was no significant PR for socioeconomic factors. Among those aged 65-74 years, high (>= 13 years) educational attainment (adjusted PR, 1.22; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05-1.41) and house ownership (PR 1.40; 95% CI, 1.11-1.77) were positively associated with participation, while high (4th quartile) EHE (PR 0.84; 95% CI, 0.73-0.97) was negatively associated."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "These results suggest that high educational attainment, house ownership, and low EHE were positive factors for participation in health examinations among those aged 65-74 years."

For more information on this research see: Factors Related to Participation in Health Examinations for Japanese National Health Insurance: NIPPON DATA2010. Journal of Epidemiology, 2018;28():S53-S58. Journal of Epidemiology can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (BMJ Publishing Group - group.bmj.com/; Journal of Epidemiology - jech.bmj.com/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting H. Imamura, Toho University, Sch Med, Dept. of Environm & Occupat Hlth, Tokyo, Japan. Additional authors for this research include M. Kogure, Y. Kita, H. Nakagawa, A. Hozawa, T. Okamura, Y. Murakami, N. Nishi, N. Okuda, A. Kadota, T. Ohkubo, H. Ueshima, A. Okayama and K. Miura (see also Health Insurance).

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20170251. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Tokyo, Japan, Asia, Insurance Companies, Health and Medicine, Health Insurance, Epidemiology, Asia, Toho University.

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