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MATSUDA Ryozo

Department / Course College of Social Sciences Department of Social Sciences

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Human Sciences
2.	Graduate School of Sociology
3.	Kinugasa Research Organization Research Center for Social Studies of Health and Community
4.	Kinugasa Research Organization The institute of Humanities Human and Social Sciences

Academic background
1.	2001/09～2002/07	Master Course │ LSHTM & LSE │ University of London │ Completed
2.	1999/03/25 Degree Acquisition	│ Nara Medical University Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Science) (Hygiene)
3.	1982/04～1988/03	Faculty of Medicine │ Kyoto University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2018/04/01 ～ 2021/03/31	Director in General │ │
2.	1993/04/01 ～ 2003/03/31	Research Associate │ Department of Hygiene │ Nara Medical University

Research activities
1.	2017/04/01 ～	Japan Society for Health and Welfare Policy
2.		Japan Association for Social Policy Studies
3.		JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
4.		The Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology
5.		JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL MEDICINE
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Subject of research
1.	Policy analyis on health equity
2.	Comparative health policy

Research summary
Health, medical and welfare policies in consideration of fairness Considering that social or economic state affects both health state and service accessibility, I theoretically and demonstratively consider how health, medical and welfare policies in consideration of fairness should be.

Present specialized field
Health Systems and Policy, Social Welfare, Public Policy, Politics (Keyword：Comparative Health Policy, Social Epidemiology, Community Health Development and Promotion,)

Books
1.	2020/06	2020 International Health Care Systems Profiles
2.	2020/01	The Atlas of Health Inequalities in Japan │ ,pp.161-245
3.	2021	Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19.
4.	2018/07	Health System in Japan. In: van Ginneken E., Busse R. (eds) Health Care Systems and Policies. Health Services Research. │ ,pp.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6419-8_12-1
5.	2016/01	2015 International Profiles of Health Care Systems. │ ,pp.107-114
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Papers
1.	2016/08	Public/Private Health Care Delivery in Japan: And Some Gaps in “Universal” Coverage., │ Global Social Welfare │ 3,pp.201-212
2.	2021/03	Developing Transdisciplinary and Translational Research in Human Services : Twenty Years of the Institute of Human Sciences, Ritsumeikan University [in Japanese] │ Ritsumeikan Journal of Human Sciences │ ,pp.53-59
3.	2020/03	The “Work Style Reform” of Physicians: A Complex Policy Issue Involving Physician Workforce and Healthcare Delivery │ 3 (1),pp.29-37
4.	2019/03	Ensuring Access to Quality Care in Prisons: A New Perspective from Health Policy and Systems Research │ Ritsumeikan Social Sciences Review │ 54 (4)
5.	2017/06	Barriers to Healthcare Access: Alternative Approaches for assessment and monitoring │ ,pp.1-9
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/02/14	Awareness and policy responses to ‘young carers’ in Japan: changes in the last decade
2.	2019/07/03	Gradual Tunings for Sustainability: Japanese healthcare reform since the late 1980s
3.	2019/07/03	The Japanese welfare mode: changes and continuities in the “lost decades”
4.	2019/02/13	Gradual Tunings for Sustainability: The Japanese Healthcare Reform since the Late 1980s
5.	2019/02/13	Japanese Welfare Model: Continuities and Changes during "the Lost Two Decades”
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Other research achievements
1.	2020/01/10 ～ 2020/04/10	Japan’s Response to the Coronavirus - Now updated (18 May 2020). (Cambridge Core Blog (https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/04/11/japans-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/))
2.	2020/01/10 ～ 2020/04/10	Japan’s Response to the Coronavirus(11 April 2020). (Cambridge Core Blog (https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/04/11/japans-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/))
3.	2007/10 ～ 2007/12	Addressing the Physician Shortage (Health policy Monitor,October2007.Available at http://www.hpm.org/survey/jp/a10/2)
4.	2007/10 ～ 2007/10	Improving functions of the frail elderly (Health Policy Monitor,October2007.Available at http://www.hpm.org/survey/jp/a10/1)
5.	2007/10 ～ 2007	National Action Plan on Cancer Care". Health Policy Monitor
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Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	2007 ～ 2011	Ars Vivendi │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ Global COE Program Ars Vivendi

Achievements of joint.Funded research
1.	2007/04	International Network Health Policy and Reform---The international network health policy & reform is a 20-country-project initiated and sponsored by the Bertelsmann Stiftung since 2002, associated with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
2.	2004/04 ～ 2008/03	Citizin and Community Empowerment in Health and Social Care