Nationwide Descriptive Analysis of Older Inpatients Eligible for Japan's Dementia‐Care Financial Incentive in Acute‐Care Hospitals
Jinyan Wu, Kojiro Morita, Ayumi Igarashi, Hideo Yasunaga, Taro Kojima, Taisuke Yasaka, Yuya Kimura, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Noriko Yamamoto‐Mitani · 2026
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Jinyan Wu and nine co-authors describe older hospital patients eligible for a dementia care payment in Japan, in a study from 2026. The add-on payment began in 2016 to reward hospital dementia care, yet who receives it nationwide was unclear. The team used a national inpatient database.
They covered more than one million stays from 2016 to 2019 for patients aged sixty-five and older with moderate to severe dementia. Patients averaged over eighty-five years old, and most needed full help with daily tasks. Billing for both payment levels rose sharply over the period. Stay length and hospital death fell slightly, as did risky drug use at discharge.
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| CREATOR | Jinyan Wu, Kojiro Morita, Ayumi Igarashi, Hideo Yasunaga, Taro Kojima, Taisuke Yasaka, Yuya Kimura, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Noriko Yamamoto‐Mitani |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |