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- Geographical Information Analysis of Difficulty of Access to Hospital to the Elderly Living in Mountainous Areas
- ナカヤマ カンチ ニ スマウ コウレイシャ ノ ツウイン コンナンセイ ノ チリ ジョウホウガクテキ ブンセキ
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We examined how difficult it would be for the elderly living in mountainous areas to go to the nearest hospital using a Voronoi tessellation representing the mathematical concept of neighborhood. We defined the index of the nursing-care capacity for the elderly as the ratio of the number of caregivers to the number of the elderly receiving nursing-care.<br> The mean age of those who drive to the hospital by themselves worked out at 70±9.8 years. Meanwhile, that of those who go to the hospital by bus or taken to hospital in a car driven by a family member came to 80±7.0years. The latter was significantly older than the former.<br> The areas of the Voronoi tessellation generated by patients' places of residence were divided into three groups according to the size. The plots of these three groups of the the places of residence on the map had a three-layer and doughnut-like structure, i. e., inner-, middle-, and outer-layer.<br> The index of the nursing-care capacity in 2008 was less than 1.0 for the patients under 80 years of age. This means that when those who were at the age of 50 in 2008 become old and need nursing-care, access to the hospital will become harder to them than at present. For those who are over 80 years of age and live in the outer layer that is far away from arterial road, it will be almost impossible.<br> These findings suggest that outpatient care with transportation assistance by a family member at present should be reconsidered because of the future lack of care personnel. It would also be necessary to consider the welfare of older people from the geographical point of view in order to manage the problems concerning the various physical and sociological difficulties of the elderly.
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- 日本農村医学会雑誌
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日本農村医学会雑誌 61 (4), 582-601, 2013
一般社団法人 日本農村医学会
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- 1390282679889058944
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- NII論文ID
- 10031146895
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- NII書誌ID
- AN00196216
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- 13497421
- 04682513
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- 024240904
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- ja
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