Publications

Peer Reviewed Paper

1. Yokoyama I, & Takaku R. "How serious was it? The impact of preschool closure on mothers’ psychological distress: Evidence from the first COVID-19 outbreak." The Japanese Economic Review (2024): 1-21.

2. Fukuma S, Kato H, Takaku R, et al. (2023) Effect of no cost sharing for paediatric care on healthcare usage by household income levels: regression discontinuity design. BMJ Open 2023;13:e071976. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071976

3. Sato N, Takaku R, Chiba T, et al. (2023) Impact of increased reimbursement for ambulance transportation on hospital acceptance in Japan: a difference-in-difference study. BMJ Open 2023;13:e071523. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071523

4. Chiba T, Takaku R, Ito E, et al. (2023) Are hospitals with both medical/surgical and psychiatric services associated with decreased difficulty in ambulance transfer for patients with self-harm behaviour? A nationwide retrospective observational study using ambulance transfer data in Japan. BMJ Open. 13(2):e065466. Published 2023 Feb 24. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065466

5. Takaku, R., & Yokoyama, I. (2022). The Financial Health of “Swing Hospitals” during the First COVID-19 Outbreak. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 101218.

6. Takaku, R., Yokoyama, I., Tabuchi, T. et al. SARS-CoV-2 suppression and early closure of bars and restaurants: a longitudinal natural experiment. Sci Rep 12, 12623 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16428-4

7. Nishioka D, Takaku R, Kondo N.  (2021). Medical expenditure after marginal cut of cash benefit among public assistance recipients in Japan: natural experimental evidence. J Epidemiol Community Health Published Online First: 12 doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-217296

8. Sato, N., Takaku, R., Higashi, H., Lefor, A. K., & Shiga, T. (2021). Factors associated with difficulty of hospital acceptance of patients suspected to have cerebrovascular diseases: A nationwide population-based observational study. Plos one, 16(1), e0245318.

9. Takaku, Reo, and Izumi Yokoyama. "What the COVID-19 School Closure Left in Its Wake: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Analysis in Japan." Journal of Public Economics (2021): 195: 104364.

10. Takaku, R. (2020) Reversal pattern of health inequality: New evidence from a large-scale national survey in Japan. Health Policy, August .

11. Takaku, R. (2020) How is increased selectivity of medical school admissions associated with physicians’ career choice? A Japanese experience. BMC Human Resources for Health, 18, 38. 

12. Terasawa T, Hamashima C, Kato K, Miyashiro I, Yoshikawa T, Takaku R, and Nishida H (2019) Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment for gastric carcinoma prevention in asymptomatic or dyspeptic adults: systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open;9:e026002.

13. Higashi H, Takaku R, Yamaoka A, Lefor AK, Shiga T. (2019). The Dedicated Emergency Physician Model of emergency care is associated with reduced pre-hospital transportation time: A retrospective study with a nationwide database in Japan. PLoS ONE. 14(4): e0215231.

14. Takaku, R. and Yamaoka, A. (2019) Payment Methods and Hospital Length of Stay: A Bunching-based Evidence,   International Journal of Health Economics and Management. 19(1), pp.53–77. 

15. Takaku, R. (2019) The Wall for Mothers with First Graders: Availability of Afterschool Childcare and Continuity of Maternal Labor Supply in Japan,   Review of Economics of the Household. 17(1) pp.177–199.

16. Takaku, R. and Bessho, S. (2018) Political Cycles in Physician Employment: A Case of Japanese Local Public Hospitals,   Social Science & Medicine. 216. pp.97-106.

17. Takaku, R. (2018) First Daughter Effects in Japan,   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. 50, pp.48-59.

18. Takaku, R. and Bessho, S. (2017). Do Benefits in Kind or Refunds Affect Health Service Utilization and Health Outcomes? A Natural Experiment from Japan. Health Policy. 121(5), pp.534 - 542.

19. Takaku, R. (2017). Effect of Patient Cost-Sharing on Health Care Utilization among Low-Income Children. Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics. 58(1), pp.69-88.

20. Ando, M. and Takaku, R. (2016).Affordable False Teeth: The Effects of Patient Cost-sharing on Denture Utilization and Subjective Chewing Ability, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions). 16(3), 1387-1438.

21. Takaku, R. (2016). Effects of Reduced Cost-Sharing on Children's Health: Evidence from Japan. Social Science & Medicine. 151, 46-55.

22. Terasawa T, Nishida H, Kato K, Miyashiro I, Yoshikawa T, Takaku R and Hamashima,C (2014). Prediction of Gastric Cancer Development by Serum Pepsinogen Test and Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Eastern Asians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoSONE. 9(10):

23. 高久玲音(2014). 児童手当が両親の心理的健康に与える影響：中低所得世帯における検証. 季刊社会保障研究. 50(4), 433-445.

24. 高久玲音(2011). 危険を伴う職場に対する労働供給: 介護労働者の罹災に関する実証分析. 日本経済研究. 64, 77-94.

25. 高久玲音(2011). 自治体はがん検診の受診率を向上させたいのか？: 個別検診の実施に関する実証分析. 医療と社会21(3), 249-264.

26. 高久玲音(2009). 夜勤労働の均等化差異―介護労働市場における実証分析―. 季刊社会保障研究45(3), 287-304.