With these three datasets, we performed a cluster analysis
to determine a categorization of home-visit nursing
agencies based on characteristics related to service delivery.
During the acquisition of data, 13 panel discussions
between the research project members and specialists, i.e.,
home-visit nursing specialists, administrative officers, physicians,
and researchers, were held to confirm whether the
data could appropriately show the actual situations of
home-visit nursing service delivery nationwide. As a result,
we identified five distinct types of home-visit nursing
agencies based on their actual service delivery.