Anticipated deaths with physician care (mitori) at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report
Nobuyuki Kajiwara,
Shinya Suezaki,
Megumi Okamoto
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundThere are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths (mitori [看取り]) at home in Japan.MethodWe used the Japanese death certificate system (shiboukohyou [死亡小票]) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death to constitute mitori when the certificate was not written by a doctor referred from the police.ResultsAmong 756 deaths, 109 (14.4%) were mitori at home. Deaths at home were 144 and mitori at home accounted for 75.7%.ConclusionShiboukohyou appear to provide numbers … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.