Anticipated deaths with physician care (<i>mitori</i>) at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Anticipated deaths with physician care (mitori) at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report

Published:2023-10-03 Issue:6 Volume:24 Page:352-355
ISSN:2189-7948
Container-title:Journal of General and Family Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:J of Gen and Family Med

Author:

Kajiwara Nobuyuki¹²^ORCID,Suezaki Shinya³,Okamoto Megumi⁴,Kuwahara Yasuo⁵,Okui Masanori⁶,Nishimura Akiyoshi⁷,Takabayashi Hirono⁸

Affiliation:

1. Toyono Town National Health Insurance Clinic Toyono Japan

2. Department of Nephrology Ikeda City Hospital Ikeda Japan

3. Fast Doctor Co., Ltd. Minato Japan

4. Hoken‐ka, Hokenfukushi‐bu, Toyono Town Toyono Japan

5. Toyono‐gun Kankyoshisetsukumiai Toyono Japan

6. Okui Clinic Nose Japan

7. Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences Tokushima University Graduate School Tokushima Japan

8. Ikeda Public Health Center Ikeda Japan

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundThere are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths (mitori [看取り]) at home in Japan.MethodWe used the Japanese death certificate system (shiboukohyou [死亡小票]) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death to constitute mitori when the certificate was not written by a doctor referred from the police.ResultsAmong 756 deaths, 109 (14.4%) were mitori at home. Deaths at home were 144 and mitori at home accounted for 75.7%.ConclusionShiboukohyou appear to provide numbers of mitori at home. Death certificate should include a space which shows mitori or not.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Family Practice,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Internal Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jgf2.648

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