3. Health Statistics

Name of Survey	Objectives	Contents	Target	Frequency	Time of Release
Report on Public Health Administration and Services (General statistical survey) Administrative Report Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Quantitatively identify the actual situation of public health administration in the prefectures, designated cities and core cities for the operation of the administration pursuant to enforcement of public health-related laws and regulations	Results of public health administration services in the prefectures, designated cities and core cities	Prefectures, designated cities and core cities	Every fiscal year, every other year (The most recent survey was conducted in 2010)	Annual report: late October Biennial report: mid July
Report on Regional Public Health Services and Health Promotion Services (General statistical survey) Administrative Report Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Identify the development of health measures suitable for localities, for every health center and municipality, aiming at maintenance and promotion of health of local residents, and obtain basic information for efficient and effective promotion of local health measures by the national and local governments.	Conditions of maternal and child care service implementation, vaccination, conditions situations of communication and coordination among health centers, deployment of personnel, health center personnel assistance to municipalities, conditions of implementation of health service programs for the elderly	Health centers, municipal authorities	Every fiscal year	Mid March
Survey of Medical Institutions (Fundamental statistical survey)	Gather data on actual conditions regarding the distribution and development of hospitals and clinics, recognize clinical function of medical institutions, and obtain basic information for medical administration	Static Survey: Name of facility, administrative body, number of beds approved, clinical specialties, number of staff, medical care and examination	Static survey: Hospitals and clinics prescribed in the Medical Service Law	Static survey: Every three years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Late October
Health Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Gather information about the usage of and staff for hospitals and clinics with beds for sanatorium-type care nationwide and thus obtain basic information for medical administration	Dynamic Survey: Name of facilities, location, Name of administrative body, types of administrative disposition, number of beds approved	Dynamic survey: Medical institutions that made notification and disposals based on the Medical Service Law	Dynamic survey: Monthly and annual	Monthly (Preliminary)
Hospital Report (General statistical survey)	Gather information about the usage of and staff for hospitals and clinics with beds for sanatorium-type care nationwide and thus obtain basic information for medical administration	Patient questionnaire Number of inpatients, admitted patients, discharged patients, and outpatients	Hospitals and Clinics with beds for long term care nationwide	Patient questionnaire: Monthly	Monthly (Preliminary)
Health Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Identify the distribution for physicians, dentists, and pharmacists, by sex, age, business category, place of work and department (not applicable for pharmacists) and obtain basic information for health, labour and welfare administration	Staff questionnaire Number of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses	Physicians, dentists and pharmacists nationwide	Every two years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2010)	Early December
Health Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Identify the distribution for physicians, dentists, and pharmacists, by sex, age, business category, place of work and department (not applicable for pharmacists), place of work, etc.	Address, sex, birth date, business category, department (not applicable for pharmacists), place of work, etc.	Physicians, dentists and pharmacists nationwide	Every three years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Late October
Patient Survey (Fundamental statistical survey)	Gather information on the actual situation of injuries/diseases, etc. of patients who use medical facilities (hospitals and general and dental clinics) and thus obtain basic information for medical administration	Patients' sex, situation of medical care rendered, medical fee, etc. payment method, distinction of inpatient/outpatient, referrals, types of beds, status of inpatient care	All patients receiving medical services are sampled out of all medical care institutions nationwide. (About 6,600 hospitals, about 6,000 clinics and about 300 dental clinics)	Every three years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Early December
Health Statistics Office, Vital, Health and Social Statistics Division, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat	Gather information about the actual conditions of people's bodies, dietary and nutritional intake and their life styles and thus obtain basic information for promoting comprehensiv measures for people's health promotion	Meals eaten (including no meals, and eating out), names and quantity of food eaten, height, weight, blood pressure, blood tests, passometer, smoking, drinking, exercise habits, information on life styles, etc.	Households and household members nationwide (About 6,000 households and 18,000 people are sampled)	Annual	Released immediately after compilation
National Health and Nutrition Survey (General statistical survey)	Gather information about the actual conditions of people's bodies, dietary and nutritional intake and their life styles and thus obtain basic information for promoting comprehensiv measures for people's health promotion	Production, shipment, monetary value and volume of end-of-the-month inventory by drug effect classification and usage, etc.	Manufacturing sites and manufacturing sales offices of drugs, quasi-drug and medical devices	Monthly and annual	Prompt reports: Two months after the survey month Monthly report: Approx. four months later after the survey month Annual report: Late June
Life-style Related Diseases Control General Affairs Division, Health Service Bureau	Determine the actual condition surrounding production and import/export of drugs, sanitary supplies, medical devices and quasi-drugs and thus obtain basic information for pharmaceutical administration	Production, shipment, monetary value and volume of end-of-the-month inventory by drug effect classification and usage, etc.	Medical institution nationwide providing social insurance medical care etc. Sampling rate	Every two years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Late October
Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (Fundamental statistical survey)	Unfold the actual condition of medical service operation at hospitals, general clinics, dental clinics and insurance pharmacies and prepare basic information on social insurance medical fee	(Hospitals) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (General clinics) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (Dental clinics) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (Pharmacies providing insured services) Profit and loss	Sampling rate (Hospitals: 1/3 General clinics: 1/20 Dental clinics: 1/50 Insurance pharmacies: 1/25)	Every two years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Late October
Economic Affairs Division, Health Policy Bureau	Unfold the actual condition of medical service operation at hospitals, general clinics, dental clinics and insurance pharmacies and prepare basic information on social insurance medical fee	(Hospitals) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (General clinics) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (Dental clinics) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (Pharmacies providing insured services) Profit and loss	Sampling rate (Hospitals: 1/3 General clinics: 1/20 Dental clinics: 1/50 Insurance pharmacies: 1/25)	Every two years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Late October
Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau)	Unfold the actual condition of medical service operation at hospitals, general clinics, dental clinics and insurance pharmacies and prepare basic information on social insurance medical fee	(Hospitals) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (General clinics) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (Dental clinics) Profit and loss, wages of regular employees by job type, etc. (Pharmacies providing insured services) Profit and loss	Sampling rate (Hospitals: 1/3 General clinics: 1/20 Dental clinics: 1/50 Insurance pharmacies: 1/25)	Every two years (The most recent survey was conducted in 2011)	Late October