{"id":150163,"date":"2022-11-25T11:16:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T02:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=150163&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-25T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T02:16:29","slug":"medical-costs-for-elderly-fukuoka-residents-remain-high","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/medical-costs-for-elderly-fukuoka-residents-remain-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Costs for Elderly Fukuoka Residents Remain High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annual medical costs for Fukuoka\u2019s elderly population remain one of the highest in Japan. The prefecture marked a record-high \u00a51.18 million in the fiscal year of 2019, despite promoting the use of generic drugs and providing consultations for those who saw doctors more than 15 times a month. Some consider that too many medical beds are leading to unnecessary hospitalization in the area. The latest 4.1% reduction in the costs may reflect many people avoiding seeing doctors amid the pandemic and still put Fukuoka second place in the national ranking. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhlw.go.jp\/content\/iryohi_r02den_4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_hospital-room_2021_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1047&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Medical Costs for Elderly Fukuoka Residents Remain High\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_hospital-room_2021_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_hospital-room_2021_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_hospital-room_2021_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_hospital-room_2021_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual medical costs for Fukuoka\u2019s elderly population remain one of the highest in Japan. The prefecture marked a record-high \u00a51.18 million in the fiscal year of 2019, despite promoting the use of generic drugs and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":150170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-150163","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/150163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}