NDLI: Evaluation of preventive care for swallowing difficulty through policy changes in Japanese long-term care insurance: analysis of a nationwide claims dataset for long-term care insurance

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Author	Mori, Hiroko Nakane, Ayako Tohara, Haruka Nakayama, Takeo
Abstract	Background Swallowing/feeding difficulty is a serious hidden health problem in the older population. Although oral intake services based on the degree of this difficulty have been provided and revised in Japanese public long-term care (LTC) insurance since 2006, their implementation has not been examined. We evaluated the impact of policy changes on these services. Methods The nationwide database of LTC service uses in Japan was analysed for three oral intake services: Enhanced Oral Function in daycare facilities whose users were slightly disabled, Maintenance of Oral Ingestion and Transition to Oral Ingestion from tube feeding in residential facilities. Data were extracted for each June from 2015 to 2020 when monthly usage of these services was aligned and each June from 2009 to 2020 for the proportion of users according to LTC insurance certification. The major policy changes were the addition of municipal provision in Enhanced Oral Function and a requirement for multidisciplinary collaboration in Maintenance of Oral Ingestion in 2015. The impact of the medical fee reduction for developing percutaneous gastro-tubing to Transition to Oral Ingestion was also examined. Results Between 2015 and 2020, the use of Enhanced Oral Function and Maintenance of Oral Ingestion increased and Transition to Oral Ingestion decreased, resulting in a total increase in use of 275,000 times or approximately 5,000 times per 100,000 among all older adults with LTC insurance certification. Concerning the proportion of users’ disability status, the major users of Enhanced Oral Function in 2020 were slightly disabled and independent older adults (70%, up from 55% to 2009). Regarding the major users of Maintenance of Oral Ingestion between 2013 and 2020, care-need level 5 (most severe) decreased by 11%, whereas the total of care-need levels 4 and 3 increased by 9%. The use of Transition to Oral Ingestion, which had been declining, showed a further decline after reduction of the medical fee for percutaneous gastro-tubing in 2014. Conclusions Due to policy changes, Enhanced Oral Function and Maintenance of Oral Ingestion have increased in the number of use among slightly disabled persons. However, this increase may be insufficient given the hidden swallowing/feeding difficulty.
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ISSN	14726963
DOI	10.1186/s12913-023-09990-8
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
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Volume Number	23
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-10-02
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Subject Keyword	Public Health Health Administration Health Informatics Nursing Research Long-term care facility Dysphagia Older adults Policy evaluation National claim database Secondary analysis
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Subject	Health Policy

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