Masahiro KAWAGOE, Director
Department of Theoretical Social Security Research
Updated; 01/04/2014
Research Field
- Medical/Long-term Care System, Care Management Study
Research Project
- Research on Construction of a Coordinated system of Medical and Long-term Care toward the Inprovement of the Functional
- Status of Elderly Requiring Care (2010-2012)
- Income, Health and the Social Security System: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2010-2011)
External Activities
The Japan Geriatirics Society, Japanese Society of Public Health, Japan Primary Care Association,
Japan Society for Healthcare Administration, The Society of Physical Therapy Science
Lecturer at Rikkyo University, "Healthcare Policy"
Publications /Papers
- "Gender and Age differences of the prevalence of frail elderly and of functioning decline with a two year longitudinal study in Matsue-City, Japan",
- Harriet T.Benninghouse and Andria G.Rosset Editors, Women and Aging:New Research,Nova Biomedical Books (2009)
- "Effect of Continuous Home-visit Rehabilitation on Functioning of Discharged Frail Elderly",Journal of Physical Therapy Science, Vol.21 No.4 (2009)
- "Clinical Status and Dependency of the Elderly Requiring Long-Term Care in Japan",The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine,Vol.122 No.3 (2007)