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Examining Japanese Women’s Preferences for a New Style of Postnatal Care Facility and Its Attributes

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  • Junyi Shen

    (Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University, Japan, and School of Economics, Shanghai University, China)

  • Takako Nakashima

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Japan)

  • Izumi Karasawa

    (Department of Midwifery, Gifu University of Medical Science, Japan)

  • Tatsuro Furui

    (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Japan)

  • Kenichiro Morishige

    (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Japan)

  • Tatsuyoshi Saijo

    (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, and Research Institute for Future Design, Kochi University of Technology, Japan)

Abstract

Perinatal care in rural Japan is currently facing a crisis because of the lack of medical staff, especially obstetricians. In this study, a new style of postnatal care facility that combines both medical and nonmedical support is considered. Contrary to most postnatal care facilities in Japan, this new postnatal care facility accepts a puerperant from the cooperating maternity facility soon after birth (≤2 days). We conducted a hypothetical-choice experiment to investigate whether this new postnatal care facility could be accepted by women in Gero City, Hida, Gifu Prefecture and how these women evaluate different kinds of postnatal care services. The results show that after a 2-day hospital stay, women from Gero City preferred to move to the new postnatal care facility over the other alternatives (continued hospitalization or discharge home). In addition, the estimated choice probabilities for selecting the postnatal care facility under different scenarios show a high level of acceptance for this new postnatal care facility.

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  • Junyi Shen & Takako Nakashima & Izumi Karasawa & Tatsuro Furui & Kenichiro Morishige & Tatsuyoshi Saijo, 2017. "Examining Japanese Women’s Preferences for a New Style of Postnatal Care Facility and Its Attributes," Discussion Paper Series DP2017-23, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
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