Table 55 Ratio of the Elderly Receiving Nursing Care: 1997
1) In 1995, excluding Hyogo Prefecture due to the effects of the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
2) Figures for Hospital/general medical facility use an estimate of patients in the hospital for 6 months or longer based on The Patient Survey.
Source: Figures compiled from Ministry Health and Welfare, Comprehensive Survey of Living Condition of the People Health and on Welfare (1995), The Survey of Social Welfare lnstitutions (1997), The Survey of Elderly Insurance Facilities (1997), and Patient Survey (1996).
Table 56 Average Nursing Care Expenditures for Bedridden Elderly by Length of Illness: May 1998
1) Total indicates average cost per person who spent for any category. Each breakdown of expenditures indicates average of within the category. So that summing up of each category's cost does not correspond to the Total cost.
Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare, Summary of Comprehensive Survey of Living Condition of the People on Health and Welfare, 1998.
Table 57 Principal Caregivers for Bedridden Elderly by Age of the Elderly: 1998
If one person takes care of more than two persons, each age group of the bedridden elderly is multiply counted.
Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare, Summary of Comprehensive Survey of Living Condition of the People on Health and Welfare, 1998.
