医療施設の広域的利用に関する研究 : その 1. 医療圏域の構成

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Recently, regional utilization in medical care facilities has extended into an areawide range. Therefore, to set up the medical circular region has been an urgent necessity in areawide medical planning. We have studied the composition of the medical circular region in the Miyagi Prefecture area by using the data from the national health insurance program. Miyagi prefecture is composed of 7 areawide circular regions. Through this study we obtained the results that 4 areawide circular regions-Sendai, Ishinomaki, Osaki, Kesennuma-have fixed regions with their own central city as the core; however, 3 areawide circular regions-Sennan, Kurihara, Tome-have no fixed regions but are composed of several limited circular regions. And, all these regions stated above are under the influence of Sendai City (See Fig.7).