Background: The Longevity Improvement & Fair Evidence (LIFE) Study, which was launched
in 2019, is a multi-region community-based database project that aims to generate evidence …

Objective Few studies have examined the causal relationships between lifestyle habits and
obesity. With a focus on eating speed in patients with type 2 diabetes, this study aimed to …

Objectives Transparency of costing is essential for decision‐makers who require information
on the efficiency of a health care programme, because effective decisions depend largely on …

Aims To investigate the association between nonadherence to diabetes treatment and the
occurrence of diabetes complications. Methods Our study retrospectively identified …

Background There are currently no COVID-19 vaccine assessment systems in Japan that
allow for the active surveillance of both vaccinated and unvaccinated persons. Herein, we …

There is currently no established guideline for economic evaluation in Japan. This leads to
the lack of comparability across analyses and transparency. The purpose of this study was to …

Background and aim A new insertable cardiac monitor, Reveal LINQ (Medtronic, Dublin,
Ireland), was approved for clinical use in Japan in March 2016 for detecting atrial fibrillation …

Background Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is a cause of antimicrobial resistance. Acute
Respiratory Tract Infections (ARTI) are common diseases for those antibiotics are most likely …

Background Characterising the psychiatric sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) can inform the development of long-term treatment strategies. However, few studies …

Objective We implemented a stepwise antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP). This study
evaluated the effect of each intervention and the overall economic impact on carbapenem …