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Did the COVID-19 pandemic increase the long-term care insurance certification rate in Japan? An interrupted time-series analysis

  • 1Research Team for Social Participation and Healthy Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2Institute of Well-Being, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan.
  • 3School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
  • 4Department of Nutrition Sciences, Kagawa Nutrition University, Saitama, Japan.
  • 5Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
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May 14, 2025

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