Japanese Site
Site MapAs part of Japan’s Health Insurance Reform, the specified health check-up and specific health guidance system has been introduced to ensure appropriate medical treatment expenses through reduction of the number of people with lifestyle-related diseases or high risks of developing them and to provide an environment enabling safe and secure medical treatment.
The conventional health check-up and guidance system aimed to achieve early detection and treatment of diseases, whereas this new system places focus on disease prevention by identifying people at high risk of developing life-style related diseases before they suffer such diseases as well as providing advice on healthy diet and lifestyle.Metabolic syndrome serves as a tool for identifying such high-risk individuals.
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions including abdominal obesity, associated with either two or all of the following: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and lipid abnormality.
Implementation plan for Specified Health Check-up, etc.
Organizations providing medical insurance, including PMAC, are required to formulate and officially announce their implementation plan for specified health check-up under Article 19 of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (Act No. 80 of August 17, 1982).