Dr. Hideo Yasunaga
Department of Health Management and Policy
Graduate School of Medicine, The University
of Tokyo, Japan
Email: yasunagah-tky@umin.ac.jp
Qualifications
2008 Ph.D., Graduate School of Medicine, The
University of Tokyo (No. 16888), Chronology of Education and Employment
1994 M.D., Faculty of Medicine, The
University of Tokyo
Publications (Selected)
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Yasunaga H. Risk of Authoritarianism: Fibrinogen-transmitted
Hepatitis C in Japan. Lancet 2007; 370: 2063-7.
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Yasunaga H, Ide H, Imamura T, Ohe K. Women’s
anxieties caused by false positives in mammography screening: a contingent
valuation survey. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2007; 101 (1): 59-64.
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Yasunaga H, Ide H, Imamura T, Ohe K.
Accuracy of economic studies on surgical site infection. Journal of Hospital
Infection 2007; 65(2): 102-7.
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Yasunaga H, Ide H, Imamura T, Ohe K. Price
disparity of percutaneous coronary intervention devices in Japan and the United
States in 2006. Circulation Journal 2007; 71(7): 1128-30.
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Yasunaga H, Ide H, Imamura T. Current
disparities in the prices of medical materials between Japan and the United
States: further investigation of cardiovascular medical devices. Journal of
Cardiology 2007; 49: 77-81.
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Imamura T, Ide H, Yasunaga H. History of
public health crises in Japan. Journal of Public Health Policy 2007; 28(2):
221-37.
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Ide H, Yasunaga H, Imamura T, Ohe K. Price
differences between Japan and the US for medical materials and how to reduce
them. Health Policy 2007; 82(1): 71-7.
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Yasunaga H. Willingness to pay for mass screening
for prostate cancer: a contingent valuation survey. International Journal of
Urology 2008; 15: 102-5.
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Yasunaga H, Imamura T, Yamaki S, Endo H.
Computerizing Medical Records in Japan. International Journal of Medical
Infomatics 2008; 77: 708-713.
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Yasunaga H, Yanaihara H, Fuji K, Matsuyama
Y, Deguchi N, Ohe K. Influence of Hospital and Surgeon Volumes on Operative
Time, Blood Loss, and Perioperative Complications in Radical Nephrectomy.
International Journal of Urology 2008; 15(8): 688-693.
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Yasunaga H. The Catastrophic Collapse of
Morale among Hospital Physicians in Japan. Risk Management and Healthcare
Policy 2008; 1: 1-6.
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Yasunaga H. Legal intervention against
medical accidents in Japan. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 2008; 1: 39-42.
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Yasunaga H, Matsuyama Y, Ohe K, The Japan
Neurosurgical Society. Risk-Adjusted Analyses of the Effects of Hospital and
Surgeon Volumes on Postoperative Complications and the Modified Rankin Scale
After Clipping of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in Japan. Neurologia
Medico-Chirurgica 2008; 48: 531-8.
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Imamura T, Yasunaga H. Economic evaluation
of prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen. International
Journal of Urology 2008; 15(4): 285–288.
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Katsumura Y, Yasunaga H, Imamura T, Ohe K,
Oyama H. Relationship between risk information on total colonoscopy and patient
preferences for colorectal cancer screening options: Analysis using the
Analytic Hierarchy Process. BMC health services research 2008; 8: 106.
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Yasunaga H. Who wants cancer screening with
PET: a contingent valuation survey in Japan. European Journal of Radiology
2009; 70: 190–194.
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Yasunaga H, Tsuchiya K, Matsuyama Y, Ohe K
High-volume surgeons in regard to reductions in operating time, blood loss, and
postoperative complications for total hip arthroplasty. Journal of Orthopaedic
Science 2009; 14(1): 3-9.
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Yasunaga H, Tsuchiya K, Matsuyama Y, Ohe K.
Analysis of factors affecting operating time, postoperative complications, and
length of stay for total knee arthroplasty: nationwide web-based survey.
Journal of Orthopaedic Science 2009; 14(1): 10-16.
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Yasunaga H, Nishii O, Hirai Y, Ochiai K,
Matsuyama Y, Ohe K Impact of Surgeon and Hospital Volumes on Short-Term
Postoperative Complications after Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer. The
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 2009; 35(4): 699-705.
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Yasunaga H, Matsuyama Y, Ohe K, The Japan
Surgical Society. Effects of hospital and surgeon case-volumes on postoperative
complications and length of stay after esophagectomy in Japan. Surgery Today
2009; 39: 566-571.
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Yasunaga H, Matsuyama Y, Ohe K, The Japan
Surgical Society. Volume-Outcome Relationship in Rectal Cancer Surgery: a New
Perspective. Surgery Today 2009; 39: 663–668.
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Yasunaga H, Matsuyama Y, Ohe K, The Japan
Surgical Society. Effects of hospital and surgeon volumes on operating times,
postoperative complications, and length of stay following laparoscopic
colectomy Surgery Today 2009; 39: 955–961.
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Hayashida K, Imanaka Y, Otsubo T, Kuwabara
K, Koichi B Ishikawa, Fushimi K, Hashimoto H, Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Anan M,
Fujimori K,Ikeda S, Matsuda S. Development and analysis of a nationwide cost
database of acute-care hospitals in Japan. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical
Practice 2009; 15(4): 626-33.
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Ide H, Koike S, Kodama T, Yasunaga H,
Imamura T. The distribution and transitions of physicians in Japan: a 1974–2004
retrospective cohort study. Human Resources for Health 2009; 7: 73.
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Ide H, Yasunaga H, Kodama T, Koike S,
Taketani Y, Imamura T. The Dynamics of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in
Japan: A Retrospective Cohort Model using the Nationwide Survey of Physicians
data. The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 2009; 35(4): 761-766.
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Ide H, Yasunaga H, Koike S, Kodama T,
Igarashi T, Imamura T. Shortage of Pediatricians in Japan: a Longitudinal
Analysis Using Physicians' Survey Data. Pediatrics International 2009; 51(5): 645-9.
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Koike S, Yasunaga H, Matsumoto S, Ide H,
Kodama T, Imamura T. A future estimate of physician distribution in hospitals
and clinics in Japan. Health Policy 2009; 92: 244-249.
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Koike S, Matsumoto S, Kodama T, Ide H,
Yasunaga H, Imamura T. Estimation of Future Physician Supply by Specialty and
the Distribution Impact of Increasing Female Physicians in Japan: Future
Estimation. BMC Health Service Research 2009; 9:180.
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Yasunaga H, Yanaihara H, Fuji K, Horiguchi
H, Hashimoto H, Matsuda S. Impact of hospital volume on postoperative
complications and in-hospital mortality following renal surgery: data from the
Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database. Urology 2010; 76: 548–552.
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Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Kuwabara K, Hashimoto
H, Matsuda S. Clinical features of Bowel Anisakiasis in Japan. Am J Trop Med
Hyg 2010; 83: 104-105.
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Yasunaga H, Shi Y, Takeuchi M, Horiguchi H,
Hashimoto H, Matsuda S, Ohe K. Measles-related Hospitalizations and
Complications in Japan, 2007-2008. Intern Med 2010; 49: 1965-1970.
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Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Tanabe S, Akahane
M, Ogawa T, Koike S, Imamura T. Collaborative effects of bystander-initiated
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and prehospital advanced cardiac life support by
physicians on survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide
population-based observational study. Crit Care 2010; 14(6): R199.
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Koike S, Ide H, Yasunaga H, Kodama T,
Matsumoto S, Imamura T. Postgraduate training and career choices: an analysis
of the National Physicians Survey in Japan. Medical Education 2010, 44: 289-297.
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Koike S, Kodama T, Matsumoto S, Ide H,
Yasunaga H, Imamura T. Retention rate of physicians in public health
administration agencies and their career paths in Japan. BMC Health Services
Research 2010; 10: 101.
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Koike S, Matsumoto S, Kodama T, Ide H, Yasunaga
H, Imamura T. Specialty choice and physicians’ career paths in Japan: An
analysis of National Physician Survey data from 1996 to 2006. Health Policy
2010; 98: 236-244.
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Kuwabara K, Matsuda S, Imanaka Y, Fushimi K,
Hashimoto H, Ishikawa KB, Horiguchi H, Hayashida K, Fujimori K, Ikeda S,
Yasunaga H. Injury Severity Score, resource use, and outcome for trauma
patients within a Japanese administrative database. The Journal of Trauma:
Injury, Infection and Critical Care 2010; 68(2): 463-70.
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Ide H, Koike S, Yasunaga H, Kodama T, Ohe K,
Imamura T. Long-term Career Transition in the Surgical Workforce of Japan: A
Retrospective Cohort Study Using the Nationwide Survey of Physicians Data from
1972 to 2006. World J Surg 2010; 34(8): 1748-1755.
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Kadono Y, Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Hashimoto
H, Matsuda S, Tanaka S, Nakamura K. Statistics in orthopaedic surgery
2006-2007: Data from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC)
database. J Ortho Sci 2010; 15: 162-70.
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Horiguchi H, Yasunaga H, Hashimoto H, Matsuda
S. Impact of drug-eluting stents on treatment option mix for coronary artery
disease in Japan. Circ J 2010; 74(8): 1635-1643.
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Matsui H, Hashimoto H, Horiguchi H, Yasunaga
H, Matsuda S. An exploration of the association between very early rehabilitation
and outcome for the patients with acute ischaemic stroke in Japan: a nationwide
retrospective cohort survey. BMC Health Services Research 2010; 10: 213.
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Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Kuwabara K, Hashimoto
H, Matsuda S. Venomous. Snake Bites in Japan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011; 84(1): 135-136.
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Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Kuwabara K,
Hashimoto H, Matsuda S. Delay in Tetracycline Treatment Increases the Risk of
Complications in Tsutsugamushi Disease. Intern Med 2011; 50(1): 37-42.