Updated : June 20, 2025

Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy

Members

Tomoaki Imamura (Professor and Chair)

Tatsuya Noda (Senior Associate Professor)

Ikko Yamazaki (Assistant Professor)

Yuichi Nishioka (Assistant Professor)

Overview

■ Three main research themes

１．Research and analysis on issues related to medical care and health policy

 We examine and propose measures related to the implementation of medical care plans, insured long-term care service plans, regional medical care visions, and community-based integrated care system at the national and regional levels. We also construct databases and analyze data from sources such as the National Database (NDB) of Medical Claims, Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) database, Report on the hospital bed function, DeSC (commercial nationwide medical claim data) database, and Kokuho Database (KDB) to establish analysis methods for clinical indicator, patient surveys, and the supply and demand for medical personnel.

In particular, we have achieved significant results with social impact, such as revising the classification of infectious diseases based on mortality rate comparisons between influenza and COVID-19, and proving the vaccines side effects (myocarditis).

２．Research on healthcare economics, hospital management, and healthcare administration

 We are conducting cost-effectiveness analyses, economic evaluations of imaging diagnostic equipment, and studies on financial challenges based on accounting standards for public hospitals. Additionally, we are providing support to hospitals facing operational difficulties.

３．Food safety, food labeling, and various health-related research

 We are developing countermeasures against intentional food contamination and conducting studies on preventing food terrorism in anticipation of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, as well as studies on the effectiveness of specific health checkups and biases resulting from differences in target populations.

Website

Our website is here