Examination results of private hospitals Public examination after public hospitals Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare October 1 21:05

In order to encourage local discussions on the reorganization and integration of public hospitals, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato stated that he would consider the publication of medical results of private hospitals after the names of more than 400 hospitals nationwide.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced the names of 424 public and public hospitals nationwide last week that have a particularly low medical record and that there are similar hospitals nearby, and requests that discussions on reorganization and integration be promoted by region. However, there have been rebounds from local governments and hospitals.

About this, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato said at the press conference, “I know that the voices of“ surprised ”and“ why ”are rising, and I want to explain the intention of the analysis to the prefectures and municipalities.” It was.

On top of that, “To think about community medicine, it ’s not just a public / public hospital, so what is the situation in the private sector, what kind of data is available, and responds appropriately. "I want to go," he said, and expressed his idea to consider publicizing the results of medical treatment at private hospitals.

Regarding the reorganization and integration of hospitals, there was a voice from the ruling party that “there cannot be in-depth discussions without data from private hospitals”.