Quality of Care in Japanese Group Homes for the Elderly with Dementia: Synergy of Facility Services and Medical Services

This study focuses on Japanese group homes for the elderly with dementia and compares the quality of long-term care services between nonprofit and for-profit providers. In order to evaluate the quality of services offered, this study regards the change in a user\u27s health condition from the onset of living in a group to the completion of the survey period. The result implies that nonprofit providers with facility services and/or medical services provide better quality and users’ transfers than for-profit providers because of the diversification between facility services and/or medical services and group home services in the former

The impact of smoke-free workplace policies on smoking behaviour in Japan

The aim of this study is to quantify the effect of a smoke-free workplace policy on smoking decision, smokers' cigarette consumption, and smoking cessation. The data used in the analysis were gathered from the original Japanese household surveys of 2001. A two-part model was estimated for all workers during the survey period and probit model and difference-in-differences for smokers at workplaces without the smoke-free policy at the time of hiring. The results suggest that total smoking prohibition or a separation of smoking areas reduces smoking prevalence and smokers' cigarette consumption and causes smokers to quit smoking.