Hirotaka Kato

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Affiliation: School of Economics and Business Administration, Yokohama City University

Degree: Ph.D. (Economics)(Kyoto University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201901003760535820
researchmap Member ID: B000375641

主に日米の大規模医療データ（レセプトデータ等）を活用し、医療供給者や患者の行動を検証したり、医療政策の評価を行ったりしています。

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Humanities & social sciences / Economic policy / Health Economics

Research History

Apr, 2024 - Present

School of Economics and Business Administration, Yokohama City University
Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2024

School of Economics and Business Administration, Yokohama City University
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2023

Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University
Mar, 2019 - Oct, 2020

Visiting Researcher, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Apr, 2018 - Sep, 2020

Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University
Apr, 2018 - Sep, 2020

Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)

Education

Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2015

Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2013

Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University

Awards

Mar, 2021

UJA特別賞
Sep, 2015

Best Young Presenter Award, Japan Health Economics Association

Papers

Effect of no cost sharing for paediatric care on healthcare usage by household income levels: regression discontinuity design

Shingo Fukuma, Hirotaka Kato, Reo Takaku, Yusuke Tsugawa

BMJ Open, 13(8) e071976-e071976, Aug 17, 2023 Peer-reviewed
The effects of patient cost-sharing on health expenditure and health among older people: Heterogeneity across income groups

Hirotaka Kato, Rei Goto, Taishi Tsuji, Katsunori Kondo

The European Journal of Health Economics, 23(5) 847-861, Nov 15, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Association Between Physician Part-time Clinical Work and Patient Outcomes

Hirotaka Kato, Anupam B. Jena, Jose F. Figueroa, Yusuke Tsugawa

JAMA Internal Medicine, Sep 13, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Associations Between Industry Payments to Physicians for Antiplatelet Drugs and Utilization of Cardiac Procedures and Stents

Mao Yanagisawa, Daniel M. Blumenthal, Hirotaka Kato, Kosuke Inoue, Yusuke Tsugawa

Journal of General Internal Medicine, Aug 10, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Patient mortality after surgery on the surgeon’s birthday: observational study

Hirotaka Kato, Anupam B Jena, Yusuke Tsugawa

BMJ, m4381, Dec, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
Effect of Copayment on Dental Visits: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis

U. Cooray, J. Aida, R.G. Watt, G. Tsakos, A. Heilmann, H. Kato, S. Kiuchi, K. Kondo, K. Osaka

Journal of Dental Research, 99(12) 1356-1362, Nov, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Assessment of additional medical costs among older adults in Japan with a history of childhood maltreatment.

Aya Isumi, Takeo Fujiwara, Hirotaka Kato, Taishi Tsuji, Daisuke Takagi, Naoki Kond, Katsunori Kondo

JAMA Network Open, 3(1) e1918681-e1918681, Jan, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Reduced long-term care cost by social participation among older Japanese adults: a prospective follow-up study in JAGES

Masashige Saito, Jun Aida, Naoki Kondo, Junko Saito, Hirotaka Kato, Yasuhiro Ota, Airi Amemiya, Katsunori Kondo

BMJ Open, 9(3), 2019 Peer-reviewed
Characteristics of Physicians Who Adopted Medicare’s New Advance Care Planning Codes in the First Year

Yusuke Tsugawa, Hirotaka Kato, Ashish K. Jha, Neil S. Wenger, David S. Zingmond, Nate Gross, Anupam B. Jena

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Geographical accessibility to gambling venues and pathological gambling: an econometric analysis of pachinko parlours in Japan

Hirotaka Kato, Rei Goto

International Gambling Studies, 18(1) 111-123, 2018 Peer-reviewed
The effect of reducing cost-sharing for children on utilization of inpatient services: Evidence from Japan

Hirotaka Kato, Rei Goto

Health Economics Review, 7(1) 28, 2017 Peer-reviewed

Presentations

医師と患者の情報の非対称性と医療費・医療の質

加藤弘陸

医療経済学会, Sep, 2018
Substitution between medical and long-term care: Evidence from Japan

加藤弘陸

医療経済学会, Sep, 2017
Substitution between medical and long-term care: Evidence from Japan

Hirotaka Kato

International Health Economics Association, Jul, 2017
The effect of reducing cost-sharing for children on utilization of inpatient services: Evidence from Japan

Hirotaka Kato

ISPOR Asia-Pacific Conference, Sep, 2016
The effect of reducing cost-sharing for children on utilization of inpatient services: Evidence from Japan

加藤弘陸

日本経済学会, Jun, 2016
画像診断技術普及に及ぼす病院間競争の影響

加藤弘陸

医療経済学会, Sep, 2015
The impact of hospital competition on the diffusion of imaging technology in Japan

Hirotaka Kato

World Health Summit Regional Meeting Asia, Apr, 2015

Research Projects

医療供給者の診療パターンのばらつきと政策介入可能性の検証

科学研究費助成事業若手研究, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2023

加藤弘陸
医療介護連携によるケアの効率性―ビッグデータに基づく検証―

特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

加藤弘陸
医療技術の内生的進歩に対する価格政策・需要政策の効果分析

特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

加藤弘陸

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