Study Data from National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Update Knowledge of Public Health (Comparison between the Chief Care Manager and the Normal Care Manager on Hospitalization and Discharge Coordination Activities in Japan: An Online …): Health and Medicine – Public Health

2022 OCT 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Hospital & Nursing Home Daily -- New research on public health is the subject of a new report. According to news reporting from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The Japanese long-term care insurance system came into operation in the year 2000 and the chief care manager certification system was established in 2006 to improve the quality of care management.”

Funders for this research include The National Institute For Geriatrics And Gerontology.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology: “Certified chief care managers are expected to perform the role of a specialist. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the chief care manager certificate in coordination with hospitals. In this online cross-sectional survey, responses were obtained from 448 care managers engaged in long-term care activities with all in-home long-term care support providers. Among these 448 care managers, 301 had the chief care manager certificate. Of these care managers, 90% regularly asked their patients about their ‘values’ and 80% provided their patients with hospitalization and discharge support. Of the care managers who provided their patients with hospitalization support, 80% provided the hospitals with information regarding patient ‘values’ at the time of hospitalization, and 50% provided the hospitals with information regarding patient ‘values’ and information.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The chief care manager certificate had positive effects on confidence in hospitalization and discharge support. However, no significant difference was observed between the activities of chief and normal care managers in terms of hospitalization and discharge support.”

For more information on this research see: Comparison between the Chief Care Manager and the Normal Care Manager on Hospitalization and Discharge Coordination Activities in Japan: An Online Cross-Sectional Study of Care Managers in Aichi Prefecture. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022,19(12122):12122. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). The publisher for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912122.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Yuko Goto, Department of Home Care and Regional Liaison Promotion, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu 474-0031, Japan. Additional authors for this research include Hisayuki Miura, Naomi Ito.

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