Association between socioeconomic disadvantage and low-value care in acute care hospitals in Japan: Cross-sectional study
Patients from disadvantaged areas are slightly more likely to receive low-value inpatient care than are those from non-disadvantaged areas. Older adults, women, and patients treated in non-academic hospitals appeared more affected.
Authors
- So Sato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1265-6835)
- Kiyohide Fushimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-0290)
- Atsushi Miyawaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-1464)
- Hiroki Matsui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-4743)
- Yuichiro Matsuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8804-8628)
- Hideo Yasunaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-469X)
Institutions
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University (JP)
- University of Tokyo Health Sciences (JP)
- Department of Health (IE)
- Department of Health Services (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Policy
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105479
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00