Abstract
In order to construct an appropriate health care region for the psychiatric medicine, we have analyzed the care received area of psychiatric patients of Fukuoka prefecture based on the National database that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has constructed using all the claim data. We have used 56,743 psychiatric cases from 1,288,273 claim data of July 2010 of Fukuoka prefecture. After converting the insurer’s code and institution code to health care region number (corresponding to patients living area and institution’s location, respectively), we have analyzed the care received area of patients stratified by in- and out-patient services and age category. In addition, the care received area was analyzed for psychiatric emergency care and home care, respectively. The present analysis clarified that the both in- and out-patient psychiatric care were provided within the health care region in most of the cases. However, the psychiatric emergency care was not self-completed. In order to construct an appropriate health care plan for psychiatric care, the national database is the important information.
