Despite sustained periods of political instability 1 and an underperforming economy, 2
Thailand's policy on universal health coverage (UHC) has made good progress since its …

Introduction: This study aimed to verify the internal consistency and validity of the Japanese
version of the 9-item Shared Decision-Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) and investigate the …

Purpose Shared decision-making (SDM) has only lately begun attaining recognition from the
Japanese medical community. The purpose of this study was to create a Japanese version …

Background. Long-term care for the elderly is largely shouldered by their family,
representing a serious burden in a hyper-aging society. However, although family dynamics …

Background GP in Japan are encouraged to conduct home visits for older adults. However,
most previous studies on home visits were based on secondary analyses of billing data that …

Aims: This thesis explored Japanese patients' preference for Patient-centered medicine,
which was one of the core principles of family medicine, and its association with the …

Objectives To examine the perceptions of family medicine among patients attending a family
medicine clinic for over 10 years in Japan and explore the unique characteristics of a family …

Abstract Background As Japan's population ages, more frail elderly people are cared for by
members of their family. The dynamics within such families are difficult to study, in part …

Objective Although public subsidies and physician recommendations for vaccination play
key roles in increasing childhood vaccination coverage, the association between them …

This is a short communication to reflect on experiences at North American Primary Care
Research Group (NAPCRG) conference from the perspective of Asian family physicians …