Abstract
This study analyzed the trends in the number of medical facilities and the actual number of facilities and departments in the former Ishinomaki and Kesennuma medical regions, which are the secondary medical regions affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, between FY 2010 and FY 2023. As a result, it was confirmed that the number of medical facilities has been decreasing in both areas, especially in the former Kesennuma medical care area. Many of the closed medical facilities were private clinics, and while a certain number of new medical facilities were opened in the former Ishinomaki medical care area, only a few were found in the former Kesennuma medical care area. In addition, the medical specialties of the medical facilities that relocated and opened were the same in the former Ishinomaki and Kesennuma medical areas. Based on these findings, the relocation and establishment of medical facilities in the reconstruction process and the location of medical facilities in the affected areas were discussed.
https://ror.org/012tqgb57 
