Takahiro Higashi

Summary

Affiliation: University of Tokyo
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Establishing a quality measurement system for cancer care in Japan
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 43:225-32. 2013
  2. ncbi Evaluation of newspaper articles for coverage of public reporting data: a case study of unadjusted cancer survival data
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 43:95-100. 2013
  3. ncbi Prevalence of analgesic prescriptions among patients with cancer in Japan: an analysis of health insurance claims data
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Glob J Health Sci 4:197-203. 2012
  4. ncbi Opinion of Japanese rheumatology physicians on methods of assessing the quality of rheumatoid arthritis care
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Eval Clin Pract 18:290-5. 2012
  5. ncbi Opinions of Japanese rheumatology physicians regarding clinical practice guidelines
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Qual Health Care 22:78-85. 2010
  6. ncbi Lessons learned in the development of process quality indicators for cancer care in Japan
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Health Policy Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Biopsychosoc Med 4:14. 2010
  7. ncbi Evaluation of feedback interventions for improving the quality assurance of cancer screening in Japan: study design and report of the baseline survey
    Ryoko Machii
    Screening Research Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 42:96-104. 2012
  8. ncbi Keeping vulnerable elderly patients free from pressure ulcer is associated with high caregiver burden in informal caregivers
    Yosuke Yamamoto
    Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    J Eval Clin Pract 16:585-9. 2010
  9. ncbi [Envisioning quality measurement systems of cancer care]
    Takahiro Higashi
    Research Center for Cancer Screening and Prevention, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
    Nippon Geka Gakkai Zasshi 109:45-9. 2008
  10. ncbi Evaluation and revision of checklists for screening facilities and municipal governmental programs for gastric cancer and colorectal cancer screening in Japan
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 40:1021-30. 2010

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Establishing a quality measurement system for cancer care in Japan
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 43:225-32. 2013
    ..These activities will soon lead to effective quality monitoring and improvement in Japan...
  2. ncbi Evaluation of newspaper articles for coverage of public reporting data: a case study of unadjusted cancer survival data
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 43:95-100. 2013
    ..We concluded that caution is required because newspaper reports may convey potentially contradicting messages and technical details may be described inaccurately...
  3. ncbi Prevalence of analgesic prescriptions among patients with cancer in Japan: an analysis of health insurance claims data
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Glob J Health Sci 4:197-203. 2012
    ..Restricting the target patient group to patients on analgesics may be more efficient but the extent of that efficiency remains uncertain...
  4. ncbi Opinion of Japanese rheumatology physicians on methods of assessing the quality of rheumatoid arthritis care
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Eval Clin Pract 18:290-5. 2012
    ..To examine the opinion of rheumatology physicians in Japan regarding desirable quality assessment methods...
  5. ncbi Opinions of Japanese rheumatology physicians regarding clinical practice guidelines
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Qual Health Care 22:78-85. 2010
    ..To examine the views of rheumatology physicians concerning clinical practice guidelines in Japan, and changes to them following the dissemination of new guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2004...
  6. ncbi Lessons learned in the development of process quality indicators for cancer care in Japan
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Health Policy Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Biopsychosoc Med 4:14. 2010
    ..Future activities in this project, which is still ongoing, should focus on the further exploration of these problems...
  7. ncbi Evaluation of feedback interventions for improving the quality assurance of cancer screening in Japan: study design and report of the baseline survey
    Ryoko Machii
    Screening Research Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 42:96-104. 2012
    ..To explore effective methods of enhancing quality in cancer screening, we started a randomized control study of the methods of evaluation and feedback for cancer control from 2009 to 2014...
  8. ncbi Keeping vulnerable elderly patients free from pressure ulcer is associated with high caregiver burden in informal caregivers
    Yosuke Yamamoto
    Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    J Eval Clin Pract 16:585-9. 2010
    ..The effect of the presence of pressure ulcers on burden of caregivers is unknown. We investigated the relationship between the state of pressure ulcers in vulnerable elderly patients and the burden on their informal caregivers...
  9. ncbi [Envisioning quality measurement systems of cancer care]
    Takahiro Higashi
    Research Center for Cancer Screening and Prevention, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
    Nippon Geka Gakkai Zasshi 109:45-9. 2008
  10. ncbi Evaluation and revision of checklists for screening facilities and municipal governmental programs for gastric cancer and colorectal cancer screening in Japan
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Public Health Health Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Jpn J Clin Oncol 40:1021-30. 2010
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  11. ncbi Concordance of hospital-based cancer registry data with a clinicians' database for breast cancer
    Mingji Zhang
    Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
    J Eval Clin Pract 18:459-64. 2012
    ..We aimed to shed lights on the similarity and differences between a hospital-based cancer registry with a clinicians' database for breast cancer by comparing the registered data on the same year...