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KMID : 1138920080070010059
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Health Insurance Forum
2008 Volume.7 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.74
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Quality management of long-term care services in Japan
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Kwon Jin-Hee
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Abstract
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Promoting the quality of life is an important aim of the long-term care, and the quality of life is related to quality of care. Assuring the quality of care is an important theme in the long-term care facilities, the inadequacy of the quality of care has long been an issue. Many countries are working to assure the quality of long-term care provided to their citizens.
Quality management strategies for long-term care in Japan include regulation and inspection of institutional care, long-term care service information, third-party evaluation and so on. The purpose of this article is to describe a variety of quality improvement in the long-term care efforts in Japan and discuss the implications our quality management of long-term care services.
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KEYWORD
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Long-term care insurance, Long-term care services, Quality assurance, Quality management
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