1996 Volume 3 Pages 75-86
In order to identify the social and administrative factors affecting the participation rate of health examinations in Japan, we conducted a postal survey on all local municipalities in Japan. The results indicated that the participation rate was significantly higher among the municipalities which are implementing the following policies; employing the higher number of public health nurses per population, miking a campaign for health examination via individual reminding system, mailing an examination ticket to the individuals, scheduling an examination results, utilizing the examination records for other community health services, and allocating more budget into health examinations. It is suggested that there still remains much room to increase the participation rate of health examinations by implementing these policies.
