Determinants of Unpaid Hospital Charges Among Non-Resident Foreign Patients: A Retrospective Single-Center Study in Tokyo, Japan.

Soichiro Saeki, Yukiko Nakamura, Nanako Miki, Yasuyo Osanai, Mayumi Horikawa, Chihaya Hinohara

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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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

6 authors.

Soichiro SaekiInternational Health Care Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3288-423X

Yukiko NakamuraDepartment of Medical Administration, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.

Nanako MikiDepartment of Medical Administration, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.

Yasuyo OsanaiDepartment of Nursing, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.

Mayumi HorikawaDepartment of Nursing, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.

Chihaya HinoharaInternational Health Care Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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foreignersforeign patientsglobal healthinternational patientsmigrant healthpaymenttravel healthtravel insuranceuniversal health coverage

Identifiers

PMID41302280

DOI10.3390/healthcare13222893

PMCPMC12652974

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