Journal article
Analysis of the Characteristics of Patients Visiting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Polyclinic
Clinical journal of sport medicine, Vol.35(1), pp.93-99
01/2025
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001265
PMID: 39120560
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the characteristics of patients who visited the Polyclinic during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and analyze geographical and economic correlations with the number of clinic visits. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Polyclinic during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Participants: Patients who visited the Polyclinic. Intervention: Data from the electronic medical record system of the Polyclinic were extracted. Main Outcome Measures: The number of visits for each athlete or team official was calculated by country. Relationship between number of visits per patient and total number of team members, total health expenditure per capita, density of medical doctors, life expectancy at birth, and education expenditure per gross domestic product (GDP) were investigated. Independent variables related to medal tables were also investigated. Results: The average number of visits per athlete was 0.67, and it was higher in athletes from non–high-income countries compared with high-income countries for both male and female athletes. Number of visits per athlete was higher in countries with low life expectancy at birth (95% CI, −0.16 to −0.02, P = 0.012) and education expenditure per GDP (95% CI, −0.17 to −0.04, P = 0.003). Conclusions: During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the number of visits to the Polyclinic per athlete was higher in countries with low life expectancy at birth and education expenditure per GDP.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Analysis of the Characteristics of Patients Visiting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Polyclinic
- Creators
- Yuka Tsukahara - Tokyo Women's College of Physical EducationMargo Mountjoy - McMaster UniversityYuji Takazawa - Juntendo UniversityKazuyoshi Yagishita - Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityHiroshi Ohuchi - Kameda Medical CenterRyuichiro Akagi - Chugoku Central HospitalMasaki Katayose - Sapporo Medical UniversitySayaka Fujiwara - University of Tokyo HospitalLars Engebretsen - International Olympic Committee
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical journal of sport medicine, Vol.35(1), pp.93-99
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- DOI
- 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001265
- PMID
- 39120560
- ISSN
- 1050-642X
- eISSN
- 1536-3724
- Grant note
- JSPS KakenhiTokyo 2020 Organizing committee and the IOC
The authors thank the Tokyo 2020 Organizing committee and the IOC for supporting the rationale of the project and facilitating access to the Polyclinic data.
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 08/08/2024
- Date published
- 01/2025
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984738101602771
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