Publications

Sanmei, C., Kawasaki, Y., Hu, H., Kuwahara, K., Yamamoto, M., Uehara, A., Honda, T., Yamamoto, S., Nakagawa, T., Miyamoto, T., Okazaki, H., Hori, A., Shimizu, M., Murakami, T., Kochi, T., Eguchi, M., Imai, T., Nishihara, A., Tomita, K., Akter, S. . . . Dohi, S. (2021). Smoking Cessation, Weight Gain, and the Trajectory of Estimated Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: 8-Year Follow-up From a Prospective Cohort Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(1), 85-91. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz165

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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245318

Sekine, Y., & Oshio, T. (2021). Equity and Efficiency in the Safety Net: Social Security Law. Econo-Legal Studies: Thinking Through the Lenses of Economics and Law, 121-148. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5145-8_6

Sultana, S., Rahman, M. M., Sigel, B., & Hashizume, M. (2021). Associations of lifestyle risk factors with overweight or obesity among adolescents: a multicountry analysis. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 113(3), 742-750. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa337

Swe, K. T., Rahman, M. M., Rahman, M. S., Teng, Y., Abe, S. K., Hashizume, M., & Shibuya, K. (2021). Impact of poverty reduction on access to water and sanitation in low- and lower-middle-income countries: country-specific Bayesian projections to 2030. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 26(7), 760-774. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13580

Takaku, R., & Yokoyama, I. (2021). What the COVID-19 school closure left in its wake: Evidence from a regression discontinuity analysis in Japan. Journal of Public Economics, 195, 104364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104364

Taniguchi, H., Rahman, M. M., Swe, K. T., Hussain, A., Shibuya, K., & Hashizume, M. (2021). Trends and projections of universal health coverage indicators in Iraq, 2000–2030: A national and subnational study. Social Science & Medicine, 270, 113630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113630

Taniguchi, H., Rahman, M. M., Swe, K. T., Islam, M. R., Rahman, M. S., Parsell, N., Hussain, A., Shibuya, K., & Hashizume, M. (2021). Equity and determinants in universal health coverage indicators in Iraq, 2000–2030: a national and subnational study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1), 196. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01532-0

Ueda, M., Inoue, Y., Hu, H., Eguchi, M., Islam, Z., Miki, T., Fukunaga, A., Kochi, T., Akter, S., Kabe, I., Akamatsu, R., & Mizoue, T. (2021). Nightly fasting duration is not associated with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among non-shift workers: The Furukawa Nutrition and Health Studymx. American Journal of Human Biology, 33(1), e23437. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23437

Yamashige, S. (2021). Making Japanese Society More Resilient: To Improve Sustainability of Social Security in Japan. Economic Analysis, 202, 262-276. https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/esri/archive/bun/bun202/bun202m.pdf

Zizzo, D. J., Parravano, M., Nakamura, R., Forwood, S., & Suhrcke, M. (2021). The impact of taxation and signposting on diet: an online field study with breakfast cereals and soft drinks. Experimental Economics, 24(4), 1294-1324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09698-0

Akksilp, K., Koh, J. J. E., Tan, V., Tong, E. H., Budtarad, N., Xueying, G., Dieterich, A. V., Tai, B. C., Müller, A. M., Isaranuwatchai, W., Rouyard, T., Nakamura, R., Müller-Riemenschneider, F., Teerawattananon, Y., & Chen, C. (2020). The physical activity at work (PAW) study protocol: a cluster randomised trial of a multicomponent short-break intervention to reduce sitting time and increase physical activity among office workers in Thailand. BMC Public Health, 20(1332), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09427-5

Cuadrado, C., Dunstan, J., Silva-Illanes, N., Mirelman, A. J., Nakamura, R., & Suhrcke, M. (2020). Effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on prices and affordability of soft drinks in Chile: A time series analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 245, 112708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112708

Dieterich, A. V., Müller, A. M., Akksilp, K., C, S. K., Dabak, S. V., & Rouyard, T. (2020). Reducing sedentary behaviour and physical inactivity in the workplace: protocol for a review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6(1), e000909. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000909

Isaranuwatchai, W., Teerawattananon, Y., Archer, R. A., Luz, A., Sharma, M., Rattanavipapong, W., Anothaisintawee, T., Bacon, R. L., Bhatia, T., Bump, J., Chalkidou, K., Elshaug, A. G., Kim, D. D., Reddiar, S. K., Nakamura, R., Neumann, P. J., Shichijo, A., Smith, P. C., & Culyer, A. J. (2020). Prevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys. BMJ, 368(m141).

Lou, J., KC, S., Toh, K. Y., Dabak, S., Adler, A., Ahn, J., Bayani, D. B. S., Chan, K., Choiphel, D., Chua, B., Genuino, A. J., Guerrero, A. M., Kearney, B., Lin, L. W., Liu, Y., Nakamura, R., Pearce, F., Prinja, S., Pwu, R.-F., . . . Wee, H.-L. (2020). Real-world data for health technology assessment for reimbursement decisions in Asia: current landscape and a way forward. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 36(5), 474-480. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462320000628

Ma, X., & Oshio, T. (2020). The impact of social insurance on health among middle-aged and older adults in rural China: a longitudinal study using a three-wave nationwide survey. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1842. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09945-2

Ma, X., Piao, X., & Oshio, T. (2020). Impact of social participation on health among middle-aged and elderly adults: evidence from longitudinal survey data in China. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 502. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08650-4

Oshio, T. (2020). Lingering Impact of Starting Working Life During a Recession: Health Outcomes of Survivors of the “Employment Ice Age” (1993–2004) in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology, 30(9), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20190121

Oshio, T., Kimura, H., Nishizaki, T., & Omori, T. (2020). Association between the use of social networking sites, perceived social support, and life satisfaction: Evidence from a population-based survey in Japan. PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0244199. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244199

Oshio, T., Shimizutani, S., & Oishi, A. S. (2020). Examining how elderly employment is associated with institutional disincentives in Japan. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 56, 101078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2020.101078

Takaku, R. (2020). How is increased selectivity of medical school admissions associated with physicians’ career choice? A Japanese experience. Human Resources for Health, 18(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00480-0

Takaku, R. (2020). Reversal pattern of health inequality: New evidence from a large-scale national survey in Japan. Health Policy, 124(11), 1254-1262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.08.005

Oshio, T. and M. Kan, “Which is riskier for mental health, living alone or not participating in any social activity? Evidence from a population-based eleven-year survey in Japan,” Social Science & Medicine, in press.

Yao,Y.,  G. Wan, and D. Meng, “Income distribution and health: can polarization explain health outcomes better than inequality?”, European Journal of Health Economics, Forthcoming.

Ii, M. and B. Niu, “Are Japanese People Satisfied with Their Health Care System and Services? Empirical Evidence from Survey Data,” Health Policy, in press.

Saito, M., N. Kondo, T. Oshio, T. Tabuchi, and K. Kondo, “Relative deprivation, poverty, and mortality in Japanese older adults: a six-year follow-up of the JAGES cohort survey,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, in press.

Oshio, T. and S. Shimizutani, “Health capacity to work and its long-term trend among the Japanese elderly,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 51, 76-86, 2019.

Oshio, T. and M. Kan, “Preventive impact of social participation on the onset of non-communicable diseases among middle-aged adults: a 10-wave hazards-model analysis in Japan,” Preventive Medicine, 118, 272-278, 2019.

Oshio, T., “Association between successful smoking cessation and changes in marital and job status and health behaviours: evidence from a 10-wave nationwide survey in Japan,” BMC Public Health, 18: 1051, 2018.