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[Overview of sleep medicine and sleep respiratory disorders centers in Japan]
H Nakamura1, T Kanemura, H Kaneshima
1Medical Corporation Jin-aikai, Urasoe Sogo Hospital, Sleep Respiratory Center.
Abstract:
Sleep medicine in Japan evolved gradually, beginning with sleep research being conducted in the late 1960's exclusively on the university basis. Japan Sleep Society was founded in 1977 mainly by psychiatrists. Recently public awareness regarding sleep related breathing disorders has been raised as a result of a media campaign in Japan. However, the medical service system is unable to appropriately meet the needs of caring for sleep-disordered patients due to insufficient reimbursement and the lack of well-trained technical personnel. So far only several sleep centers existed in Japan. To make sleep be included in the mainstream of the health care system, the educational system and throughout society, many tasks remains to be done by healthcare professionals and government.
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