Inpatient

Hospitalization Procedures

Items to be brought by all hospitalized patients
  1. Medical examination ticket
  2. Health insurance card
  3. Hospitalization Pledge(Continued Hospitalization Pledge)
  4. Stamp
  5. Hospitalization receipt form
  6. Application for the loan of a hospital gown
  7. Sympathy Information Request Form

Items to be brought only if you qualify

  1. Certificate of eligibility for children's medical expenses (for junior high school students and younger)
  2. Certificate of Maximum Amount Application (for persons under 70 years old) *Please complete the procedure before admission
  3. Senior Citizen's Beneficiary Certificate (for those 70 to 74 years old)
  4. Medical insurance card for the elderly (for those 75 years old and over)
  5. Medical care certificate for the disabled (certificate of receipt of medical expenses for the severely mentally and physically disabled)
  6. Nursing care insurance card
  7. Certificate of Reduction (for households not subject to municipal inhabitant tax)
  8. Certificate of discharge from the hospital (if the patient has been hospitalized in another hospital for the same injury or illness within the past three months)
  9. Primary Palliative Care Screening Sheet (distributed to eligible patients only)
  10. Copayment Limit Management Form (for eligible applicants only)

Please report to the admission desk if you are

  • Eligible to receive care under a publicly funded medical system, such as medical aid, medical aid for child care and development, rehabilitation medical care, pediatric chronic specified diseases, etc.
  • Afflicted with an injury sustained on the job (industrial accidents, official accidents), through a traffic accident or by the act of a third party that resulted in hospitalization.
  • Lacking an insurance card; you may have to pay for your own hospitalization.
  • Changing your address, telephone number or the details on your insurance card while you are in the hospital.

For long term hospitalization, we will check your insurance card every two months.


What to bring to the hospital

Please keep your luggage within the limits of what can be stored in your locker.

  1. The "Hospitalization Information" booklet
  2. Medications (including over-the-counter medications and nutritional supplements) that you are currently taking
  3. Medication handbook or medication manual showing the medication you have been prescribed.
  4. Washing and bathing utensils (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, electric razor, comb, etc.)
  5. Underwear (flat-rate diapers are available for those who use diapers)
  6. Sleepwear (available at the hospital for 73 yen per day)
  7. Chopsticks, spoons, teacups, etc.
  8. Denture container if you are using dentures
  9. Towels and bath towels
  10. Tissue paper
  11. Indoor footwear (non-slip-type shoes)
  12. Earphones for TV (available at the hospital store)

Things to keep in mind

Manicures (hands and feet) and gel nails and false nails should be removed before you are admitted to the hospital.