Analysis of the Characteristics of Patients Visiting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Polyclinic

Author:

Tsukahara Yuka1,Mountjoy Margo23,Takazawa Yuji4,Yagishita Kazuyoshi5,Ohuchi Hiroshi6,Akagi Ryuichiro7,Katayose Masaki8,Fujiwara Sayaka9,Engebretsen Lars3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Sports Medicine, Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education, Tokyo, Japan;

2. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;

3. International Olympic Committee Medical and Scientific Department, Lausanne, Switzerland;

4. Department of Sports Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan;

5. Clinical Center for Sports Medicine and Sports Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan;

6. Department of Sports Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan;

7. Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, Oyumino Central Hospital, Chiba, Japan;

8. Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; and

9. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the characteristics of patients who visited the Polyclinic during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and analyze geographical and economic correlations with the number of clinic visits. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Polyclinic during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Participants: Patients who visited the Polyclinic. Intervention: Data from the electronic medical record system of the Polyclinic were extracted. Main Outcome Measures: The number of visits for each athlete or team official was calculated by country. Relationship between number of visits per patient and total number of team members, total health expenditure per capita, density of medical doctors, life expectancy at birth, and education expenditure per gross domestic product (GDP) were investigated. Independent variables related to medal tables were also investigated. Results: The average number of visits per athlete was 0.67, and it was higher in athletes from non–high-income countries compared with high-income countries for both male and female athletes. Number of visits per athlete was higher in countries with low life expectancy at birth (95% CI, −0.16 to −0.02, P = 0.012) and education expenditure per GDP (95% CI, −0.17 to −0.04, P = 0.003). Conclusions: During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the number of visits to the Polyclinic per athlete was higher in countries with low life expectancy at birth and education expenditure per GDP.

Funder

JSPS Kakenhi

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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