The feelings of residents in the face of the large-scale rationalization of medical resources : A qualitative study on the way of streamlining community medicine, examining a local area in Hokkaido as an example

• Published in: An Official Journal of the Japan Primary Care Association Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 249 - 253
• Main Authors: Asakawa, Tomohiro, Kawabata, Hidenobu, Murakami, Manabu, Kisa, Kengo, Oshima, Sumiko, Terashita, Takayoshi, Onodera, Keishu, Otaki, Junji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: JAPAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION 2014
• Subjects: community medicine; cooperation and coproduction; local citizens; qualitative study; rationalization of medical resources
• ISSN: 2185-2928; 2187-2791
• DOI: 10.14442/generalist.37.249

Object : Through understanding feelings of residents in the face of the large-scale rationalization of medical resources and their views about the new system of community medicine, we clarify how we should streamline community medicine along the opinion of residents living in local areas. Methods : We interviewed some residents in the face of the economic collapse in X city. Through the interviews, we qualitatively analyzed their feelings that they had concerning the large-scale rationalization of medical resources and their views about community medicine in the future. Results : We found three common themes with regard to how to streamline community medicine along the residents' opinions : the way of the rationalization of medical resources, the state of community medicine, and the attitude of the municipal government and medical institutions. Conclusion : To carry out streamlining community medicine, it is important for the municipal government and medical institutions to take account of residents' opinions more seriously in the process and the content of the rationalization of medical resources, and to understand the social background of the community and residents' feelings more deeply.