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Geriatrics
Director KUZUYA, Masafumi (Professor)   10W
Comprehensive medical care for elderly people
Our department provides comprehensive medical care to elderly patients, especially to those with multiple medical conditions.

Medical Care System

Basically, our department provides comprehensive medical care to elderly people. Therefore, we do not have specialized outpatient clinics. Outpatient specialists (two or three examination rooms every day) provide medical care to patients with the following target diseases. We accept first-visit patients every day. We recommend you to make a prior appointment using the hospital-clinic cooperation system.

Target Disease

1) Comprehensive evaluation and treatment of multiple coexisting symptoms and diseases
2) Diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment regimen for dementia
3) Comprehensive medical care for lifestyle-related diseases in elderly people
4) Comprehensive evaluation and treatment of geriatric syndrome including tendency to fall, decreased activities of daily living (ADL), malnutrition, and tendency of aspiration

Strong Fields

Our department specializes in providing comprehensive medical care to elderly people with multiple chronic medical conditions.

Clinical Results

The total number of outpatients in fiscal year 2011: 10,267 outpatients
The number of inpatients in fiscal year 2011: 295 inpatients
The number of beds in fiscal year 2011: 23 beds
The bed occupancy rate in fiscal year 2011: 89.1%
The average length of stay in fiscal year 2011: 24.1 days

Specialized Outpatient Clinic

At our outpatient clinic for those presenting forgetfulness, we accept first-visit patients from Monday through Friday.

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