A Study of Population Coverage within a One-hour Walk of Disability Welfare Offices

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  • 障害福祉サービス事業所の徒歩1時間圏内人口カバー率に関する研究
  • ショウガイ フクシ サービス ジギョウショ ノ トホ 1ジカン ケンナイ ジンコウ カバーリツ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ

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<p>The aims of the present study were to determine the regional distribution of disability welfare offices that provide persons with disabilities with the basic support necessary to continue living at home in their communities, and to develop an indicator of the level of service provision. Using a geographic information system (GIS), the area within 4 km of disability welfare offices (deemed to be equivalent to a one-hour walking distance) was regarded as the “service provision area,” then, after calculating the resident population inside the service provision area for each type of disability welfare service nationwide, the population coverage was calculated on a prefectural basis. The results of this study revealed the following: (1) Population coverage tended to be high for visit-based services, but low for training-based services. (2) In terms of prefecture, disparities between prefectures were quite evident. (3) While the coverage was ≥80% for long-term care services of inhome care, visiting care for persons with severe disabilities, accompanying support, and daily life care, coverage for the training-based services of support for continuous employment (Type B) and group homes with aid was ≥85%.</p>

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