Designated Health Checkup / Advice based on the Test Results / Comprehensive Medical Checkup

UPDATE 2011/05/16

Designated Health Checkup / Advice based on the Test Results / Comprehensive Medical Checkup

<Designated Health Checkup>

1. Items to be tested

Interview, body measurement, measurement of waist, blood pressure, blood test, urinalysis, ECG, eye ground
 

2. Criteria

Iwaki citizen aged 40-74, who has National Health Insurance. You will be receiving the Checkup Ticket by post, which should be presented together with your insurance card at the site of checkup.
Except: - People eligible for latter-stage elderly health care system
       - People who have been hospitalized for six months or longer
       - People staying in facilities for disable, elderly nursing home, or elderly nursing care facilities
 

3. Sites for Medical Checkup

List of hospital or clinic (in Japanese only)
List of community centres and others (in Japanese only)
 

4. Fee

Free of charge
(If you visit a hospital/clinic to run cancer or other tests than included in the Designated Health Checkup, the medical institution will charge you the fee for the additional tests.)
 

<Advice based on the Test Results>

1. Contents

Advice or assistance will be provided based on the results of Designated Health Checkup.
- Information
 Along with the test results, everyone will be receiving information regarding improvement of lifestyle and habits.
- Advice for Motivation
 For those tested “need to be motivated for improvement of daily life,” face-to-face medical advice Will be provided.
- More Assistance
 For those tested “apt for assistance,” 3-month or longer face-to-face or on-the-phone medical advice will be provided so that you can positively involve yourself into improvement of lifestyle.
 

2. Criteria

If your waist is measured more than 85 centimetres (male) or 90 centimetres (female), or BMI (weight/height/height) is 25 or more, and if any of the following items are tested out of normal (see below), you are apt for “Advice for Motivation” or “More Assistance.”
- 100mg/dl or more of fasting blood sugar, or 5.2% or more of HbA1c
- 150mg/dl or more of neutral fat (triglyceride), or 40mg/dl or more of HDL cholesterol
- 130mmHg or higher systolic blood pressure, or 85mmHg or higher diastolic blood pressure
- smoking habit
 

3. Method of Advice/Assistance

Medical advice/assistance will be provided depending on each individual situation. People who are apt for advice/assistance will be receiving information/instruction.
 

<Comprehensive Medical Checkup>

Iwaki City National Health Insurance plan is providing Comprehensive Medical Checkup for the citizens’ maintenance/enhancement of health and prevention/solution of lifestyle-related diseases.

1. Criteria

Those aged 30 - 74, who has Iwaki City National Health Insurance
- Brain Checkup is for people aged up to 69.
- People who are under latter-stage elderly healthcare system are ineligible.
 

2. How to apply

Please directly contact any of the medical institution stated in the attached list. (in Japanese only)
 

3. Duration of application

1^st of May, 2011 - 31^st of January, 2012
Note: Application will be closed if the applicants reach the limit number even before the 31^st of January.
 

4. Courses of Checkup, Limited Number of Applicants, Fee

Single day course (limit: 1.300 persons) 12,000yen
Two-day course (limit: 230 persons) 18,000yen
Brain Checkup (limit: 100 persons) 13,000yen
 

5. Things to Bring for the Checkup

- Checkup Ticket
 Ticket is being sent to the eligible people in April 2011.
- National Health Insurance card
- Fee
 

6. Remarks

- People who are taking Single day course cannot take the Designated Health Checkup, Stomach cancer test, or Lung cancer test, which are included in both the Designated Health Checkup and the Single day course.
- People who are taking Two-day course cannot take the Designated Health Checkup, Stomach cancer test, Lung cancer test, or Colon cancer test, which are included in both the Designated Health Checkup and the Single day course.
 

7. Items to be tested

• Items to be tested（PDF形式 9.8KB）