2. Social Welfare Statistics

Name of Survey	Objectives	Contents	Target	Frequency	Time of Release
Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (General statistical survey)	Quantitatively identify the actual situation of social welfare administration in the prefectures, designated cities and core cities, and obtain basic information for the operation of the administration pursuant to enforcement of social welfare-related laws and regulations	Data on social welfare administration services conducted in individual prefectures, designated cities and core cities	Prefectures, designated cities and core cities	Monthly and annual	Late October Monthly (Preliminary)
Administrative Report Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Collect data on the number of social welfare institutions across the country to obtain basic information for promotion of social welfare administration	Administrative bodies, capacity, residents and employees of the institutions	All social welfare facilities, etc. nationwide	Annual	Late September
Survey of Social Welfare Institutions (General statistical survey)	Collect data on actual situations with municipal governments (including special wards) such as their efforts toward child welfare focused on child-care to obtain basic information to promote child welfare measures which accurately respond to diversified demand	Questionnaire on municipal projects flexibility status of day-care center capacity, introduction status of nursery teachers working on a short-time basis, status of outsourcing the administrative work related to child-care fee reception to private individuals	Municipal governments, special wards	Annual	Late September
Survey of Regional Child Welfare Services (General statistical survey)	Collect data on national-wide long-term care services provision systems and types of services to obtain basic information about long-term care services infrastructure with an emphasis on the provision system	(1) Facilities covered by long-term care insurance Establishing/administrative bodies, capacity, number of residents, number of workers, and quality status, etc. (2) In-home service establishments, etc. Establishing/administrative bodies, number of users, number of workers, etc.	All facilities and establishments covered by long-term care insurance nationwide	Annual	Late September
General Affairs Division, Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau	Collect data on national-wide long-term care services provision systems and types of services to obtain basic information about long-term care services infrastructure with an emphasis on the provision system	(1) Facilities covered by long-term care insurance Establishing/administrative bodies, capacity, number of residents, number of workers, and quality status, etc. (2) In-home service establishments, etc. Establishing/administrative bodies, number of users, number of workers, etc.	All facilities and establishments covered by long-term care insurance nationwide	Annual	Late September
Survey of Institutions and Establishments for Long-term Care (General statistical survey)	Collect data on national-wide long-term care services provision systems and types of services to obtain basic information about long-term care services infrastructure with an emphasis on the provision system	Medical fee bill Age, name of injuries and diseases, actual number of days receiving medical treatment, points for treatment, number of courses of treatment, and medication use (name and doses of drugs, etc.), etc. Dispensing fee bill Age, number of prescriptions accepted, points for dispensing, number of courses of dispensing, and medication use (name and doses of drugs, etc.), etc.	Medical fee bills and dispensing fee bills that are submitted from medical care facilities and pharmacies providing insured services nationwide to branch offices of Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund and National Health Insurance Organizations in respective prefectures for examination and decision to make the payments made in June	Annual	Late June
Survey of Medical Care Activities in Public Health Insurance (General statistical survey)	Clarifying the contents of treatment, status of injury and illness, contents of dispensing, and status of using drugs, etc. for recipients of medical benefits of health care insurance systems to collect basic information to be used for health care insurance administration.	Medical fee bill Age, name of injuries and diseases, actual number of days receiving medical treatment, points for treatment, number of courses of treatment, and medication use (name and doses of drugs, etc.), etc. Dispensing fee bill Age, number of prescriptions accepted, points for dispensing, number of courses of dispensing, and medication use (name and doses of drugs, etc.), etc.	Medical fee bills and dispensing fee bills that are submitted from medical care facilities and pharmacies providing insured services nationwide to branch offices of Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund and National Health Insurance Organizations in respective prefectures for examination and decision to make the payments made in June	Monthly	Monthly reports: Two months after the survey month Annual reports: August
Social Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Identify the status of benefit expenditure relating to receiving long-term care services to obtain basic information necessary for smooth operation of the long-term care insurance system including the revision of long-term care service remuneration	Long-term care benefit statements Number of beneficiaries by type of long-term care service, number of cases, number of times, number of units and expense by service content	All long-term care benefit statement and main registers of various types for which review and payment have been completed by the Federation of National Health Insurance Associations in each prefecture	Monthly	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council
Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (General statistical survey)	Identify the status of benefit expenditure relating to receiving long-term care services to obtain basic information necessary for smooth operation of the long-term care insurance system including the revision of long-term care service remuneration	The situation of implementation of the long-term care insurance service and the situation of revenue and expenditure, etc.	Designated facilities and business operators of long-term care insurance services (tiered according to each area classification and administrative body designated by Japanese Health Minister in accordance with Long-Term Care Insurance Act and randomly selected at approximately 1/30)	Every three years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2010)	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council
Social Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Identify the status of benefit expenditure relating to receiving long-term care services to obtain basic information necessary for smooth operation of the long-term care insurance system including the revision of long-term care service remuneration	The situation of implementation of the long-term care insurance service and the situation of revenue and expenditure, etc.	Designated facilities and business operators of long-term care insurance services (tiered according to each area classification and administrative body designated by Japanese Health Minister in accordance with Long-Term Care Insurance Act and randomly selected at approximately 1/30)	Every three years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council
Briefing Survey on Economic Conditions in Long-term Care (General statistical survey)	Since the long-term care fees are supposed to be set in consideration of the average fee of each long-term care service under the Long-Term Care Act, necessary basic data required for a revision of the long-term care fees shall be obtained by clarifying the fee of each long-term care service.	The situation of implementation of the long-term care insurance service, the situation of revenue and expenditure, assets and liabilities, etc.	Designated facilities and business operators of long-term care insurance services (tiered according to each area classification and administrative body designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in accordance with the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and randomly selected at 1/1 to 1/60)	Every three years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council
Division of the Health for the Elderly, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly	Since the long-term care fees are supposed to be set in consideration of the average fee of each long-term care service under the Long-Term Care Act, necessary basic data required for a revision of the long-term care fees shall be obtained by clarifying the fee of each long-term care service.	The situation of implementation of the long-term care insurance service, the situation of revenue and expenditure, assets and liabilities, etc.	Designated facilities and business operators of long-term care insurance services (tiered according to each area classification and administrative body designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in accordance with the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and randomly selected at 1/1 to 1/60)	Every three years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council
Division of the Health for the Elderly, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly	It is aimed at obtaining basic data to verify that the FY2009 Long-term care fee revision has been reflected in improvement of treatment of care workers.	(1) Survey on facilities and service businesses The situation of pay raise, treatment of care workers, revenue and expenditure, acquisition of addition, the number of users, the number of staff members, etc. (2) Survey on employees Sex, age, length of service, form of service, working hours, acquisition of qualifications, the situation of concurrent posts, basic wages, lump-sum payment, etc.	Designated facilities and business operators of long-term care insurance services (tiered according to each area classification and administrative body designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in accordance with the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and randomly selected at 1/1 to 1/60)	The most recent survey was conducted in 2010	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council
Survey on Working Conditions of Long-term Care Workers (General statistical survey)	It is aimed at obtaining basic data to verify that the FY2009 Long-term care fee revision has been reflected in improvement of treatment of care workers.	(1) Survey on facilities and service businesses The situation of pay raise, treatment of care workers, revenue and expenditure, acquisition of addition, the number of users, the number of staff members, etc. (2) Survey on employees Sex, age, length of service, form of service, working hours, acquisition of qualifications, the situation of concurrent posts, basic wages, lump-sum payment, etc.	Designated facilities and business operators of long-term care insurance services (tiered according to each area classification and administrative body designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in accordance with the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and randomly selected at 1/1 to 1/60)	The most recent survey was conducted in 2010	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council
Division of the Health for the Elderly, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly	It is aimed at obtaining basic data to verify that the FY2009 Long-term care fee revision has been reflected in improvement of treatment of care workers.	(1) Survey on facilities and service businesses The situation of pay raise, treatment of care workers, revenue and expenditure, acquisition of addition, the number of users, the number of staff members, etc. (2) Survey on employees Sex, age, length of service, form of service, working hours, acquisition of qualifications, the situation of concurrent posts, basic wages, lump-sum payment, etc.	Designated facilities and business operators of long-term care insurance services (tiered according to each area classification and administrative body designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in accordance with the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and randomly selected at 1/1 to 1/60)	The most recent survey was conducted in 2010	Publicized by the Subcommittee for Examination, the Committee on Long-Term Care Service Fee in the Social Security Council