During the last 20 years since the home-visit nursing
system was started, there have been many positive revisions
for home-visit nursing services with both medical
and long-term care insurance by each insurance policy
Many patients despite their extensive medical care needs
have been discharged and returned to their communities
early. Thus agencies with nurses who can attend to their
medical care needs are in great demand. In order to further
promote the implementation of home-visit nursing
services, a new system was introduced in 2014 to evaluate
highly functional home-visit nursing agencies for patients
with extensive medical care needs (e.g., patients in need of
end-of-life care or intensive medical care). In this new system,
home-visit nursing agencies were divided into three
classifications (Classifications I, II, and General); highly
functional agencies of Classification I and II were provided
greater reimbursement from the government for services
based on the number of such patients in the previous year
[4]. As this system currently covers home-visit nursing
services through medical insurance only (comprising approximately
25% of patients), a more general system of
classification of all home-visit nursing services is needed
in Japan to allow for more services to be covered by longterm
care insurance.
During the last 20 years since the home-visit nursingsystem was started, there have been many positive revisionsfor home-visit nursing services with both medicaland long-term care insurance by each insurance policyMany patients despite their extensive medical care needshave been discharged and returned to their communitiesearly. Thus agencies with nurses who can attend to theirmedical care needs are in great demand. In order to furtherpromote the implementation of home-visit nursingservices, a new system was introduced in 2014 to evaluatehighly functional home-visit nursing agencies for patientswith extensive medical care needs (e.g., patients in need ofend-of-life care or intensive medical care). In this new system,home-visit nursing agencies were divided into threeclassifications (Classifications I, II, and General); highlyfunctional agencies of Classification I and II were providedgreater reimbursement from the government for servicesbased on the number of such patients in the previous year[4]. As this system currently covers home-visit nursingservices through medical insurance only (comprising approximately25% of patients), a more general system ofclassification of all home-visit nursing services is neededin Japan to allow for more services to be covered by longtermcare insurance.
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