Specified geriatric disease for long-term care insurance service in the aged under 65; Korea and Japan
| Korea | Japan |
|---|---|
| 1. Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease 2. Vascular dementia 3. Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere 4. Unspecified dementia 5. Alzheimer’s disease 6. Subarachnoid hemorrhage 7. Intracerebral hemorrhage 8. Other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage 9. Cerebral infarction 10. Stroke, not specified as hemorrhage or infarction 11. Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction 12. Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction 13. Other cerebrovascular disease 14. Cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere 15. Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease 16. Parkinson’s disease 17. Secondary parkinsonism 18. Parkinsonism in diseases classified elsewhere 19. Other degenerative disease of basal ganglia 20. Sequelae of stroke in oriental medicine 21. Tremor in oriental medicine |
1. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2. Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament 3. Osteoporosis combined with fracture 4. Shy-Drager syndrome 5. Early-onset dementia 6. Spiniocerebellar degeneration 7. Spinal stenosis complicated with paraplegia 8. Wemer syndrome 9. Diabetic complications (renal, retinal, neural) 10. Cerebrovascular disease 11. Parkinsonism 12. Occlusive atherosclerosis 13. Rheumatic arthropathy with functional impairment 14. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 15. Deformed joints of both knees or both hips 16. Terminal cancer |
Sources: Enforcement Decree of Long-term Care Insurance Act (Korea, 2022), Japanese Long-term Care Act (7-3-2). Specified disease for long-term care services (https://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/kaigo/nintei/gaiyo3.html) (Japan, 2023).