Egashira, Y., Watanabe, R., Yoshida, H., Chung, U. I., Nishiumi, N., & Yoo, B. K. (2023). [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health, 70(3), 197–205. https://doi.org/10.11236/jph.22-039
Inequity
Watanabe, R. & Hashimoto, H. (2012). Horizontal inequity in healthcare access under the universal coverage in Japan; 1986-2007. Social Science & Medicine, 75(8), 1372-1378. [link to the article]
Ikegami, N., Yoo, B. K., Hashimoto, H., Matsumoto, M., Ogata, H., Babazono, A., Watanabe, R., Shibuya, K., Yang, B. M., Reich, M. R., & Kobayashi, Y. (2011). Japanese universal health coverage: evolution, achievements, and challenges. Lancet, 378(9796), 1106-1115. [link to the article]
Health Economic Evaluation
Sasaki, S., Inoue, K., Shiozaki, M., Hanada, K., Watanabe, R., & Minamino, T. (2023). Diagnostic and Cost Efficiency of the 0-h/1-h Rule-out and Rule-in Algorithm for Patients With Chest Pain in the Emergency Department. Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society, 10.1253/circj.CJ-23-0064. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-23-0064
Fukuda, H., Yano, Y., Sato, D., Ohde, S., Noto, S., Watanabe, R., Takahashi, O. (2019). Healthcare Expenditures for the Treatment of Patients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus in Japan. Pharmaco Economics, 38(3), 297-306.
Managerial Accounting in Healthcare
Balanced Scorecard
Watanabe, R., Arai, K., & Sakaguchi, H. (2015). Utilization of balanced scorecard in healthcare Facilities -A questionnaire survey of acute care hospitals in Japan- (in Japanese). Melco Journal of Management Accounting Research, 7(2), 15-24. [link to the article]
Management Accounting in general
Sakaguchi, H., & Watanabe, R., & Arai, K. (2015). A study of the budgeting system based on cost accounting in hospitals (in Japanese). Journal of Health Care and Society, 25(1), 141-153. [link to the article]
Arai, K., & Watanabe, R., & Sakaguchi, H. (2013). The usage of managerial accounting in DPC-related hospitals in Japan (in Japanese). Sangyo-keiri, 73(3), 77-89. [link to the article]
Epidemiology
Nishizaki, Y., Kuroki, H., Ishii, S., Ohtsu, S., Watanabe, C., Nishizawa, H., Nagao, M., Nojima, M., Watanabe, R., Sato, D., Sato, K., Kawata, Y., Wada, H., Toyoda, G., & Ohbayashi, K. (2023). Determining Optimal Intervals for In-Person Visits During Video-Based Telemedicine Among Patients With Hypertension: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR cardio, 7, e45230. https://doi.org/10.2196/45230
Nakamura, S., Watanabe, R., Saito, Y., Watanabe, K., Chung, U. I., & Narimatsu, H. (2023). The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1142281. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1142281
Saito, Y., Nakamura, S., Tanaka, A., Watanabe, R., Narimatsu, H., & Chung, U. I. (2022). Checking the validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Mini-Cog using a smartphone application. BMC research notes, 15(1), 222. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06101-4
Saito, Y., Nakamura, S., Tanaka, A., Watanabe, R., Narimatsu, H., & Chung, U. I. (2022). Evaluation of the validity and reliability of the 10-meter walk test using a smartphone application among Japanese older adults. Frontiers in sports and active living, 4, 904924. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.904924
Suwanai, H., Watanabe, R., Sato, M., Odawara, M., & Matsumura, H. (2020). DPP-4 Inhibitor Reduces the Risk of Developing Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids following Median Sternotomy in Diabetic Patients: A nationwide retrospective cohort study using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims of Japan. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 146(1), 83-89.
Hirose, D., Shimizu, S., Hirao, K., Ogawa, Y., Sato, T., Kaneko, Y., Takenoshita, N., Namioka, N., Fukasawa, R., Umahara, T., Sakurai, H., Watanabe, R., & Hanyu H. (2019). Neuroimaging Characteristics of Frailty Status in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease, 67(4), 1201 – 1208.