Restructuring process of health care system in Kami-goto Area, Nagasaki Prefecture

Abstract

Each prefecture has implemented its own regional health care program to achieve appropriate allocation of medical resources, and has set secondary medical areas as regional units of hospital treatment. However, the secondary medical areas including many isolated islands in Nagasaki Prefecture are limited in their ability to provide adequate health care within their own borders. Then, the health care plan in isolated islands seeks to maintain the minimum health care services with the mainland’s help.