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ArticlePloS one2023

Pet ownership-related differences in medical and long-term care costs among community-dwelling older Japanese.

Yu Taniguchi, Yuri Yokoyama, Tomoko Ikeuchi, Seigo Mitsutake, Hiroshi Murayama, Takumi Abe, Satoshi Seino, Hidenori Amano, Mariko Nishi, Yasuhiro Hagiwara and 3 more

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yu TaniguchiJapan Environment and Children's Study Programme Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2442-2406
Yuri YokoyamaResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoko IkeuchiResearch Team for Human Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Seigo MitsutakeResearch Team for Human Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi MurayamaResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Takumi AbeResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi SeinoResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Hidenori AmanoResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Mariko NishiResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuhiro HagiwaraDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Shoji ShinkaiResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Akihiko KitamuraResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshinori FujiwaraResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology · JPKagawa Nutrition University · JPNational Institute for Environmental Studies · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined the differences in medical and long-term care costs over 18 months between pet owners and non-owners among community-dwelling older Japanese. Pet ownership data were collected from 460 community-dwelling adults age 65 years and older. These data were matched with data from the National Health Insurance, health insurance for older people, and Long-Term Care Insurance beneficiaries for 17 months back from the survey on pet ownership. Pet-ownership group-specific trajectories in monthly medical and long-term care costs were modeled by a generalized estimating equation. Among pet owners (n = 96, 20.9%) and non-pet owners (n = 364, 79.1%) there were no significant differences in baseline demographic or health characteristics including chronic disease and self-reported long-term care level. At baseline, pet owners had estimated monthly medical costs of ¥48,054 (SE = 0.11; $418), compared to ¥42,260 (SE = 0.06; $367) for non-pet owners. The monthly medical costs did not differ significantly between the two groups during the 18-month follow-up period. At baseline, estimated monthly long-term care costs of pet owners and non-pet owners were ¥676 (SE = 0.75; $6) and ¥1,420 (SE = 0.52; $12), respectively. During the follow-up period, the non-pet owner to owner ratio of monthly long-term care costs was 1.2 at minimum and 2.3 at maximum. This study showed that monthly long-term care costs for pet owners were approximately half those of non-pet owners. Pet owners might use long-term care services less frequently, or use lighter care services.

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Independent LivingLong-Term CareAgedAnimalsCosts and Cost AnalysisEast Asian PeopleHumansOwnershipPets

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PMCPMC9882963
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