Hyperthermia Treatment in Japan in View of a Review of Survey of Medical Care

Abstract

It has been a while since the concern for the decline of the presence of hyperthermia treatment in clinical settings is expressed. We examined the Survey of Medical Care Activities in Public Health Insurance to grasp the circumstance. Based on the result released in June 2013,total cases and medical remuneration point for each hy perthermia treatments were as follows: Deep : 589 cases & 5,301,000 points,Superficial: 31 cases& 186,000 points,the total of 620 cases&5,487,000 points respectively. The percentage of hy perthermia treatments in total healthcare expenses was 0.0025％. On annual basis,there are 7,440 presentations of cases and 6.6 billion yen would be spent on treatment. When examined over a period of time, the number of cases seemed to have been increasing since before 2011 or later. Thus, while taking into account error factors in the Survey of Medical Activities in Public Health Insurance, it is considered that hy perthermia treatment is gradually popular.