Publications

1.1 Peer-reviewed publications

Yichen Shen, Haruko Noguchi.
"Impacts of anticancer drug parity laws on mortality rates".
Social Science and Medicine, 272: 113714. 2021.3. [IF 2019/2020: 3.616]

Mikiya Sato, Nanako Tamiya, Xueying Jin, Taeko Watanabe, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi.
"Impact of a Japanese Incentivization Program to Increase End-of-Life Care Outside of Hospitals".
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(2); 329–333.2021.2. [IF 2019/2020: 5.716]

Rong Fu, Yichen Shen, Haruko Noguchi.
"The best of both worlds? The economic effects of a hybrid fee‐for‐service and prospective payment reimbursement system".
Health Economics, early view. 2020.12. [IF 2019/2020: 2.250]

Xueying Jin, Takahiro Mori, Mikiya Sato, Taeko Watanabe, Haruko Noguchi, Nanako Tamiya.
"Individual and regional determinants of long-term care expenditure in Japan: evidence from national long-term care claims".
European Journal of Public Health, 30(5); 873–878. 2020.10. [IF 2019/2020: 2.391]

Yuichi Watanabe,Haruko Noguchi, Yoshinori Nakata.
"How efficient are surgical treatments in Japan? The case of a high-volume Japanese hospital".
Health Care Management Science, 23(3): 401–413. 2020.9. [IF 2019/2020:2.15]

Hiroaki Ueshima, Arito Yozu, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi, Nanako Tamiya.
"The association between activities of daily living and long hours of care provided by informal caregivers using a nationally representative survey in Japan".
SSM - Population Health Open Access, 11: 100565. 2020.8. [IF 2019/2020:1.307]

Taeko Watanabe, Takehiro Sugiyama, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi, Nanako Tamiya.
"Concordance of hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia in married couples: cross-sectional study using nationwide survey data in Japan".
BMJ open, 10(7): e036281. 2020.7. [IF 2019/2020:2.496]

Atsushi Miyawaki, Yasuki Kobayashi,Haruko Noguchi, Taeko Watanabe, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
"Effect of reduced formal care availability on formal/informal care patterns and caregiver health: A quasi-experimental study using the Japanese long-term care insurance reform".
BMCGeriatrics,20: 207. 2020.7. [IF 2019/2020:3.077]

Cheolmin Kang, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi.
"Benefits of knowing own health status: effects of health check-ups on health behaviours and labour participation".
Applied Economics Letters, AHEAD-OF-PRINT: 1-6. 2020.7. [IF 2019/2020: 0.752]

Shuhei Kaneko,Haruko Noguchi, Rong Fu, Cheolmin Kang, Akira Kawamura, Shinsuke Amano, Atsushi Miyawaki.
"Differences in cancer patients' work-cessation risk, based on gender and type of job: Examination of middle-aged and older adults in super-aged Japan".
PLoS ONE,15(1): e0227792. 2020.1. [IF 2019/2020: 2.740]

Shuhei Kaneko,Haruko Noguchi.
“Does Traditional Price Policy Work for Achieving Low Smoking Rate? -Empirical and Theoretical Evaluation Based on the United States Aggregate Data”.
Applied Economics,52(18): 1986–1997. 2020.4. [IF 2018/2019: 1.103]

Kazuhiro Abe, Atsushi Miyawaki, Yasuki Kobayashi, Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
"Receiving the home care service offered by certified care workers prior to a patients’ death and the probability of a home death: observational research using an instrumental variable method from Japan".
BMJ Open,9(8): e026238. 2019.8. [IF 2018/2019: 2.376]

Felipe Alfonso Sandoval Garrido, Nanako Tamiya, Peter Lloyd-sherlock, Haruko Noguchi.
“The relationship between perceived social support and depressive symptoms in informal caregivers of community-dwelling older persons in Chile”.
Psychogeriatrics, 19(6): 547-556. 2019.11. [IF 2018/2019: 0.72].

Takafumi Monma, Fumi Takeda, Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi, Taeko Watanabe, Nanako Tamiya.
“Exercise or sports in midlife and healthy life expectancy: An ecological study in all prefectures in Japan”.
BMC Public Health,19(1):1238 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7570-y. 2019.9. [IF 2018/2019: 2.05]

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“Moral Hazard under Zero Price Policy: Evidence from Japanese Long-term Care Claims Data”.
The European Journal of Health Economics, 2019.8. 20(6): pp 785–799. [IF:2017/ 2.601]

Sen Zeng, Haruko Noguchi, Satoru Shimokawa.
“Partial Smoking Ban and Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Japan”.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,16(15): 2804; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152804. 2019.8. [IF: 2018: 2.468]

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi, Shuhei Kaneko, Akira Kawamura, Cheolmin Kang.
“How do cardiovascular diseases harm labor force participation? Evidence of nationally representative survey data from Japan, a super-aged society”
. PLoS ONE, 14(7): e0219149. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189112. 2019.7. [IF 2018/2019: 2.776]

Shun-ichiro Bessho, Haruko Noguchi, Akira Kawamura, Ryuichi Tanaka, Koichi Ushijima.
“Evaluating remedial education in elementary schools: Administrative data from a municipality in Japan”.
Japan and the World Economy,50: pp. 36-46. 2019.6. [IF:2018/ 0.975]

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does the Positive Relationship between Health and Marriage Reflect Protection or Selection? Evidence from Middle-Aged and Elderly Japanese”.
Review of Economics of the Household,16(4): pp. 1003-1016. 2018.12. [IF 2017/2018: 1.333]

Yoko Moriyama, Nanako Tamiya, Akira Kawamura, Thomas D. Mayers, Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi.
"Effect of short-stay service use on stay-at-home duration for elderly with certified care needs: Analysis of long-term care insurance claims data in Japan".
PLOS ONE,13(8) p.1-11,2018.09[IF 2017/2018: 2.766]

Taiga Shibayama,Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
"Relationship between social engagement and diabetes incidence in a middle-aged population: Results from a longitudinal nationwide survey in Japan".
Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 9(5): pp.1060-1066. 2018.9. [IF 2017/2018: 3.147]

Yui Yamaoka, Naho Morisaki, Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Comprehensive assessment of risk factors of cause-specific infant deaths in Japan”.
Journal of Epidemiology, 28(6): pp.307-314. 2018.2. [IF 2017/2018: 2.518]

Xueying Jin, Nanako Tamiya, Boyoung Jeon, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi,Haruko Noguchi.
“Resident and facility characteristics associated with care-need level deterioration in long-term care welfare facilities in Japan”.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International,18(5): pp.758-766. 2018.1. [IF: 2.656]

Takehiro Sugiyama, Nanako Tamiya, Taeko Watanabe, Tomoko Wakui, Taiga Shibayama, Yoko Moriyama, Yui Yamaoka, Haruko Noguchi.
“Association of care recipient’s care-need level with family caregiver participation in health checkup in Japan”.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International,18(1): pp.26-32. 2018.1. [IF: 2.656]

Shin Nakamine,Hirokazu Tachikawa, Miyuki Aiba, Sho Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Changes in social capital and depressive states of middle-aged adults in Japan”.
PLOS ONE.12(12): e0189112 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189112. 2017.12. [IF 2016/2017: 2.806]

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Spillover Effect of Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance as an Employment Promotion Policy for Family Caregivers”.
Journal of Health Economics, 56: pp. 103-112. 2017.12. [IF 2016/2017: 2.373]

Atsushi Miyawaki, Jun Tomio, Yasuki Kobayashi, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Impact of long-hours informal caregiving on coronary heart disease risk in middle-aged people: Results from a longitudinal nationwide survey in Japan”.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 17(11): pp.2109-2115. 2017.11. [IF 2017: 2.656]

Atsushi Miyawaki, Haruko Noguchi, Yasuki Kobayashi.
“Impact of Medical Subsidy Disqualification on Children's Healthcare Utilization: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis from Japan Social Science & Medicine”.
Social Science & Medicine,191: pp89-98. 2017.10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.001. [IF 2016/2017: 2.797]

Hirokazu Tanaka, Satoshi Toyokawa, Nanako Tamiya, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi, Yasuki Kobayashi.
“Changes in mortality inequalities across occupations in Japan: A national register-based study of absolute and relative measures, 1980-2010”.
BMJ Open, 7(9): pp1-11. 2017.11.http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015764. [IF 2016/2017: 2.369]

MengZhao, YoshifumiKonishi, Haruko Noguchi.
“Retiring for better health? Evidence from health investment behaviors in Japan”.
Japan and the World Economy, 42: pp. 56-63. 2017.6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2017.06.003 [IF 2016/2017: 0.489]

Boyoung Jeon, Haruko Noguchi, Soonman Kwon, Tomoko Ito, Nanako Tamiya.
“Disability, poverty, and role of the basic livelihood security system on health services utilization among the elderly in South Korea”.
Social Science & Medicine, 178: pp.175-183. 2017.2. [IF 2015/2016:2.814]

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Miyuki Aiba, Shin Nakamine, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Relation between social network and psychological distress among middle-aged adults in Japan: Evidence from a national longitudinal survey”.
Social Science & Medicine, 175: pp.58-65. 2017.2. [IF2015/2016:2.814]

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi, Koichi Suga.
“A revisit to the Grossman model with endogenous health depreciation”.
Economics Bulletin, 36(4): pp. 2405-2412. 2016.12.

Felipe Alfonso Sandoval Garrido, Nanako Tamiya, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Haruko Noguchi.
“Relation of depression with health behaviors and social conditions of dependent community-dwelling older persons in the Republic of Chile”.
GInternational Psychogeriatrics, 28(12): pp.2029-2043. 2016.12. [IF 2015/2016: 2.220]

Yui Yamaoka, Nanako Tamiya, Nobuyuki Izumida, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi.
"The relationship between raising a child with a disability and the mental health of mothers compared to raising a child without disability in japan".
SSM - Population Health, 2: pp.542-548. 2016.12.

Mayumi Imahori Nobuyuki Izumida, Yumika Shirase,Haruko Noguchi.
“Effects of a preventive long-term care on physical and psychological health status for old persons: An evidence from “salon for old persons in Abashiri city (in Japanese)”.
Japanease Journal of Public Health,63(11): pp. 675-681. 2016.12.

Akira Kawamura, Nanako Tamiya, Nobuyuki Izumida, Hiroaki Ueshima, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi.
“Oral migrant in Japan: An evidence from national representative claims data (in Japanese)”.
Journal of Health and Welfare Statistics, 63(15): 29-36. 2016.12.

Takafumi Monma, Fumi Takeda, Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“The impact of leisure and social activities on activities of daily living of middle-aged adults: Evidence from a national longitudinal survey in Japan”
PLoS One, 11(10): e0165106. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165106. 2016.10. [IF 2015/2016: 3.057]

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does marriage make us healthier? : Inter-country comparative evidence from China, Japan and Korea”.
PLOS ONE, 2016.2. [IF 2015/2016: 3.057]

Yui Yamaoka, Nanako Tamiya, Yoko Moriyama, Felipe Sandoval, Haruko Noguchi.
“Mental health of parents as caregivers of children with disabilities: based on Japanese nationwide survey”.
PLOS ONE, 2015.12. [IF 2014/2015: 3.234]

Fumi Takeda, Haruko Noguchi, Takafumi Monma, Nanako Tamiya.
“How possibly do leisure and social activities impact mental health of middle-aged adults in Japan? : An evidence from a national longitudinal survey”.
PLOS ONE, 2015.10. [IF 2014/2015: 3.234]

Haruko Noguchi.
“How does the price regulation policy impact on patient-nurse ratios and the length of hospital stays in Japanese hospitals?”.
Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol 10(2), pp.301-323. 2015.7. [IF 2014/2015: 0.636]

Takafumi Monma, Fumi Takeda, Haruko Noguchi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Age and sex differences of risk factors of activity limitations in Japanese older adults”.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 16: pp. 670-678. 2015.6. [IF 2014/2015: 2.188]

Satoshi Shimizutani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Haruko Noguchi, Yuichiro Masuda, Masafumi Kazuya.
“Exploring the causal relationship between hospital length of stay and re-hospitalization among Japanese AMI patients”.
Applied Economics, 47(22): pp. 2307-2325. 2015.1. [IF 2014/2015: 0.613]

Nanako Tamiya,Masayo Kashiwagi,Hideto Takahashi, and Haruko Noguchi.
“Descriptive analysis of service use covered by long-term care insurance in Japan - based on population-based claims data”.
BMC Health Services Research, 14(Suppl 2): p.125. 2014.7. [IF 2013/2014: 1.659]

Akihiro Nishi, Haruko Noguchi, Hideki Hashimoto, Nanako Tamiya.
“Scale development of health status for secondary data analysis 3 using a nationally representative survey”.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 17(3): pp.252-257. 2012.5.

Fumi Takeda, Nanako Tamiya, Haruko Noguchi, Takafumi Monma.
“Relation between mental health status and psychosocial stressors among pregnant and puerperium women in Japan: from the perspective of working Status”.
International Journal of Public Health Science, 1(2): p.37-48 2012.2.

Akihiro Nishi, J Michael McWilliams, Haruko Noguchi, Hideki Hashimoto, Nanako Tamiya, Ichiro Kawachi.
“Health benefits of reduced patient cost sharing in Japan”.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 90, p.426-435A 2012.2. [IF 2011/2012: 4.641]

Hideki Hashimoto (co-lead author), Naoki Ikegami(co-lead author), Kenji Shibuya, Nobuyuki Izumida, Haruko Noguchi, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroaki Miyata, Jose M Acuin, and Michael R Reich.
“Cost containment and quality of care in Japan : is there a trade –off?”.
The Lancet, 378(9797): pp.1174-1182. 2011.9. [IF 2010/2011: 33.633]

Nanako Tamiya (co-lead author), Haruko Noguchi (co-lead author), Akihiro Nishi, Michael R Reich, Naoki Ikegami, Hideki Hashimoto, Kenji Shibuya, Ichiro Kawachi, John Creighton Campbell.
“Population ageing and wellbeing: lessons from Japan’s long-term care insurance policy”.
The Lancet, 378(9797): pp.1183-1192. 2011.9. [IF 2010/2011: 33.633]

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“The determinants of exit from institutions and the price elasticity of institutional care : Evidence from Japanese micro-level data”.
Journal of the Japanese and International Economics, 25(2): pp. 131-142. 2011.3. [IF 2010/2011: 0.444]

Kazuhiro Sumitomo, Nobuyuki Izumida, Haruko Noguchi, Jun Kikuchi, Naoyuki Hasebe.
“An analysis on the utilization of the medical institution, and the cooperation between medical institutions: a case in the northern Hokkaido area (in Japanese)”.
Asahikawa Medical University Collection and Research,10(1): pp.64-75. 2010.3. 1346-0102

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“Supplier density and at-home care use in Japan: Evidence from a micro-level survey on long-term care receivers”.
Japan and the World Economy, 21(4): pp.365-372. 2009.12.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Do work-life balance policies and workplace flexibility matter?: An empirical analysis for female reinstatement choice after the first childbirth”.
The Japanese Journal of Social Security Policy, 8(1): pp.1-19. 2009.8.

Tetsuji Yamada, Chia-Ching Chen, Tadashi Yamada, Haruko Noguchi, Matthew Miller.
“Private health insurance and hospitalization under Japanese national health insurance”.
The Open Economics Journal, 2: pp.61-70. 2009.6.

The Technological Change in Health Care (TECH) Investigators (Haruko Noguchi as a team member).
“The influence of economic incentives and regulatory factors on the adoption of treatment technologies: A case study of technologies uesed to treatment attacks”.
Health Economics, 18; pp.1114-1132. 2008.10. [IF 2007/2008: 1.648]

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani, Yuichiro Masuda.
“Regional variations, in medical expenditure and hospitalization days for heart attack patients in Japan: Evidence from the Tokai acute myocardial study (TAMIS)”.
International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 8: pp.123-144. 2008.1. [IF 2010/2011: 0.415]

Satoshi Shimizutani, Wataru Suzuki, Haruko Noguchi.
“The socialization of at-home elderly care and female labor market participation: Micro-level evidence from Japan”.
Japan and the World Economy, 20(1): pp.82-96. 2008.1.

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani, and Wataru Suzuki.
“Nonprofit wage premium in the Japanese child care market: Evidence from employer-employee matched data”.
Applied Economics Letters, 1080: pp.1089-1092. 2007.10. [IF 2006/2007: 0.327]

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“Non-profit status, earnings premium and quality of care evidence from micro-level data on home helpers and staff nurses in Japanese nursing home industry”.
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 21(1): pp.106-120. 2007.3. [IF 2006/2007: 0.148]

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“Do non-profit operators provide higher quality of care?”.
Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 47(1): pp.125-135. 2006.7. [IF 2005/2006: 0.211]

Hideki Hashimoto, Haruko Noguchi, Paul Heidenreich, Olga Saynina, Abigail Moreland, Shunichi Miyazaki, Shunya Ikeda, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Naoki Ikegami.
“The diffusion of medical technology, local conditions, and technology re-invention; a comparative case study on coronary stenting”.
Health Policy(Epub ahead of print). 2006.2. [IF 2005/2006: 0.964]

Yuichiro Masuda, Haruko Noguchi, Masafumi Kuzuya, Akira Inoue, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Akihisa Iguchi, and Kazumasa Uemura.
“Comparison of medical treatments for the dying in a hospice and a geriatric hospital in Japan”.
Journal of palliative medicine, 9(1): pp.152-160. 2006.12. [IF 2008/2009: 1.909]

Hiroko Nishi, Haruko Noguchi.
“An education program for developing sympathetic body awareness of preschool teachers :Through the experience of expressive body movement on college-level course works (in Japanese)”.
Research on Early Childhood Care and Education in Japan,43(2): pp.156-165. 2005.12.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“Estimates of quality-adjusted cost function in the Okinawa’s child care industry : Evidence from micro-level data (in Japanese)”.
Economic and Social Research Institute ,177: pp.25-46. 2005.12.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“Determinants and profiles of wages of child care workers: Evidence from micro-based data (in Japanese)”.
Economic and Social Research Institute,175: pp.35-51. 2005.3

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“What accounts for the onerous care burden at home in Japan? Evidence from household data (in Japanese)”.
Economic and Social Research Institute,175: pp.35-51. 2005.3

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“Nonprofit and for-profit providers in Japan’s at-home care industry: evidence on quality of service and household choice”.
Economics Bulletin, 9(3): pp.1-13. 2005.3.

Hiroko Nishi, Haruko Noguchi.
“Dance therapy, interactive physical communication, multidimensional scaling method (in Japanese)”.
Toyo Eiwa Journal of the Humanites and Social Sciences,,22: pp.1-16. 2005.3.

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani, Masao Chino.
“A study of quality of care measurements: Treatment effect estimates of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients (ESRI users' manual for micro-level AMI database 2003) (in Japanese)”.
Nihon Keizai Kenkyu,49: pp.86-116. 2004.4.

Fumiko Arita, Haruko Noguchi, Fumi Hayashi, Minoru Mio.
“Life course and attitude of Toyo: Eiwa University alumni (in Japanese)”
Toyo Eiwa Journal of the Humanites and Social Sciences,22: pp.1-16. 2005.3

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“Non-profit wage premium in the long-term care labor market: Evidence from micro-based data (in Japanese)”.
Nihon Keizai Kenkyu,48: pp.1-17. 2004.3.

Hiroko Nishi, Haruko Noguchi.
“A trial of education program for developing sympathetic body awareness of preschool teachers (in Japanese)”.
Toyo Eiwa Journal of the Humanites and Social Sciences,20: pp.13-29. 2004.2.

Michael G. Shlipak, Paul A. Heidenreich, Haruko Noguchi, Glenn M. Chertow, Warren S. Browner, Mark B. McClellan.
“Associations of renal insufficiency with treatment and outcomes after myocardial infarction in the elderly”.
Annals of International Medicine, 137: pp.555-562. 2002.10. [IF 2001/2002: 11.130]

Hiroko Nishi, Haruko Noguchi, Mariko Shiba.
“A process to sympathy and synchrony attained in interactive body movements: II (in Japanese)” .
Japanese Society for Dance Research,25: p51. 2002.

The Technological Change in Health Care (TECH) Research Network (Haruko Noguchi as a team member).
“Technological change around the world: Evidence from heart attack care: Supply side incentives to curtail health care spending are closely linked with trends in the use of costly treatments”.
Health Affairs, 20(3): pp.25-42. 2001.5. [IF 2000/2001: 3.823]

Michael G Shilipak, Warren S Browner, Haruko Noguchi, Barry Massie, Craig D Frances, Mark B McCellan.
“Comparison of the effects of angiotensin converting –enzyme inhibitors and beta blockers on survival in elderly patients with reduced left ventricular function after myocardial infarction”.
American Journal of Medicine, 110(6): pp.425-433. 2001.4. [IF 2000/2001: 5.960]

Craig D Frances, Michael G Shilipak, Haruko Noguchi, Paul A Heidernreich, Mark B McCellan.
“Does physician specialty affect the survival of elderly patients with myocardial infarction?”.
Health Service Research, 35(5Pt 2) : pp.1093-1116. 2000.12. [IF 1999/2000: 1.727]

Craig D Frances, Haruko Noguchi, Warren S Browner, Bassie B, Barry Massie, Mark B McCellan.
“Are we inhibited?: Renal insufficiency should not preclude the use of ACE inhibitors for patients with acute MI and depressed left ventricular function”.
Archives Internal Medicine, 160(17): pp.2645-2650. 2000.9. [IF 1999/2000: 6.705]

Mark B McCellan, Haruko Noguchi.
“Technological change in heart disease treatment : Does high tech mean low value?”.
American Economics Review, 88(2): pp.90-96. 1998.5. [IF 1997/1998: 1.977]

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1.2 Under review/Working paper/Discussion paper

Annjhih Hsiao, Haruko Noguchi.
“Short- and long-term effects of surcharge and anti-smoking policy on tobacco consumption: A lesson from nationally representative household survey in Taiwan”.
under review, 2017.7.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Takeshi Aida, Andrew S Griffen, Eiji Kozuka, Haruko Noguchi, Yasuyuki Todo.
“Election, implementation, and social capital in schoolbased management: Evidence from a randomized field experiment on the COGES project in Burkina Faso”.
JICA Working Paper 120, 2016.5.

Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi.
“Budget systems and expenditure for national health insurance and nursing care insurance”.
under review, 2016.3.

Yasuo Kamakura, Nobuyuki Izumida, Haruko Noguchi.
“Impact of the abolition or hibernation of the adjacent hospital on the number of inpatients in neighborhood (in Japanese)”.
IPSS Discussion Paper Series,No.2011-J04. 2012.4.

Haruko Noguchi, Yuko Ueno, Shigeru Sugihara, Isao Igarashi, Koichi Kawabuchi.
“Impacts of the revision of national LTC insurance system in April of 2006 on health, demand for care, and economic status among the aged and caregivers”.
ESRI mimeo, 2007.3.

Shigeru Sugihara, Isao Igarashi, Tomoyuki Takura, Haruko Noguchi, Yuko Ueno, Koichi Kawabuchi.
“Asymmetric information and heterogeneous preferences in a health care market”.
ESRI mimeo. 2007.3.

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“Supplier-induced demand in Japan’s at-home care industry: Evidence from micro-level on care receivers”.
ESRI Discussion Paper Series,No.148. 2005.6.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“A Long-term projection of demand for at-home care services in Japan (Revision) (in Japanese)”
ESRI Discussion Paper Series,No.128. 2005.2.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“Wage determinants and age profiles is the Okinawa’s child Care industry: Evidence from employee-level data (in Japanese)”.
ESRI Discussion Paper Series,No.99. 2004.4.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Wataru Suzuki, Haruko Noguchi.
“Outsourcing at-home elderly care and female labor supply: Micro-level evidence from Japan’s unique experience”.
ESRI Discussion Paper Series,No.93. 2004.4.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Wataru Suzuki, Haruko Noguchi.
“Provision of child care and female labor supply: Evidence from Japanese household level data (in Japanese)”
ESRI Discussion Paper Series,No.89. 2004.3.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Wataru Suzuki, Haruko Noguchi.
“Estimates of price elasticity of child care demand and the amount of potential demand in Japan: Evidence based on a contingent valuation method (in Japanese)”
ESRI Discussion Paper Series,No.83. 2003.12.

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“Is non-profit status a signal of better quality?: micro-level evidence from Japan’s at-home care industry”.
ESRI Discussion Paper Series,No.80. 2003.11.

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani.
“Quality adjusted cost function in Japan's child care market: Evidence from micro-level data (in Japanese)”
ESRI Discussion Paper SeriesNo.57. 2003.8.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“Quality of child care in Japan: Evidence from micro-level data”.
ESRI Discussion Paper SeriesNo.54. 2003.8.

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani, Wataru Suzuki.
Wage determinants and age profiles in the Japanese child care industry : Evidence from employee-level data” .
ESRI Discussion Paper Series No.33. 2003.5.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“The Determinants of nursing home exit and the price elasticity of institutional care: Evidence from micro-level data”.
ESRI Discussion Paper SeriesNo.24. 2002.12.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“Earnings and quality differentials in for-profit versus nonprofit long-term care“.
ESRI Discussion Paper Series No.17. 2002.12.

Tetsuji Yamada, TadashiYamada, Chang-Gun Kim, Haruko Noguchi.
“Medical services and imperfect information in Japan”.
Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences (IPPS) discussion paper series, No. 839: pp.1-32. 1999.11.

Tetsuji Yamada, Tadashi Yamada, Chang Gun Kim, Haruko Noguchi.
“Effectiveness of government policy: An experience from a national healthcare system”.
NBER Working Paper, 4786. 1994.6.

1.3 Publications without peer-review

Haruko Noguchi.
“A though of accumulation of human capital: beyond individual and across generations (in Japanese)”.
Japanese Journal of Health Economic and Policy,28(1): pp1-2.

Haruko Noguchi.
“An essay for naturally occurring data and field experiments: Insatiable curiosity for causal inference (in Japanese)”.
Special Edition of Japanese Journal of Health Economic and Policy for celebrating 10th year anniversary of Japanese Health Economics Association;pp.66-69. 2016.6.

Haruko Noguchi.
“A thought of use of national database: problems and suggestions (in Japanese)”
Monthly Journal of Statistics, ,65(10): pp.34-40. 2014.10.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Relation between working status and health status: limitations of estimation based on observational (non-experimental) data (in Japanese)”.
Quarterly Journal of Home Economics,WINTER(101) pp.42-50. 2014.1.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Is that policy really valid?: Impacts of child care policies by municipalities as an example (in Japanese)”
The Waseda journal of political science and economics,386: p.17-23. 2013.10.

Haruko Noguchi.
. “Panel discussion: Comments by panelists: uneven spatial distribution of health and long-term care resources and people's incentives in the community (in Japanese)”.
Quarterly of Social Security Research,49(1): pp.93-103. 2013.6.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Health Service Research (15): How can we apply econometrics to health service research? (in Japanese)”
Japanese Journal of Public Health, 58(10); pp.903-908. 2011.10.

Michael Grossman (translated by Haruko Noguchi).
“Does more schooling cause better health?: memorial lecture in honor of Tadashi Yamada (in Japanese)”.
Japanese Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 23(1): pp.21-38.2011.10.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Review for Noriko Tsuya and Yoshio Higuchi, Population decline and the Japanese economy: The future of labor, pension and medical care system (in Japanese)”.
Journal of Population Problems,67(1): pp.98-98. 2011.3

Haruko Noguchi.
“Relations between socioeconomic status and health among Japanese adult populations (in Japanese)”.
Quarterly of Social Security Research, 46(4): pp.382-402. 2011.3.

Haruko Noguchi.
“How does the allocation of medical resources impact accessibility to hospital care and medical expenses: An empirical analysis based on national health insurance claim data (in Japanese)”
Quarterly of Social Security Research,46(3): pp.217-234. 2010.12.

Junya Hamaaki, Haruko Noguchi.
“Health effects on labor participation by the elderly (in Japanese)”.
Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, 52(8): pp.5-24. 2010.8.

Haruko Noguchi, Nobuyuki Izumida, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Hideo Yasunaga .
“Does the introduction of the diagnosis procedure combination (DPC) system improve hospital management?: An empirical evaluation for effects of DPC experience on resource allocation for in-hospital care (in Japanese)”.
Journal of Health Care and Society,29(1): pp.35-55. 2010.4.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Impacts of household economic resources on female psychological health status: Some evidence from "Japanese panel survey of consumers (in Japanese)”.
Economic Review, 59(3): pp.209-227. 2008.7.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Review for Masako Ii and Yasushi Ohkusa, Economic analysis of demand for medical care (in Japanese)”
Quarterly of Social Security Research, 43(4): pp.244-260. 2007.12.

Haruko Noguchi.
“The effect of various family policies on fertility: From evidence based on the survey of labor union membership (in Japanese)”.
Quarterly of Social Security Research, 43(4): pp.244-260. 2007.12.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Roles that insurance medical administration should play against EBM (in Japanese)”.
EBM Journal, 3(4): pp.79-85. 2002.7.

Haruko Noguchi, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Shigekoto Kaihara, Jeffery Geppert, Mark B McClellan.
“A note on providing publicly collected medical information to researchers: Lessons from the management and administration for individual-based data in the United States (in Japanese)”.
Social insurance bulletin (Shakai Hoken Junpo in Japanese), 2097: pp.6-17. 2001.5.

Haruko Noguchi.
“US health care reform after the defeat of president Clinton's proposed national health insurance in 1994 (in Japanese)”.
Journal of Health Care and Society,9(3): pp.15-32. 1999.11.

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3.Chapters of book

Haruko Noguchi, Yuichiro Masuda, Masafumi Kuzuya,Akihiko Iguchi, Jeffery Geppert, Mark McClellan.
“The quality of health care: A the United States – Japan comparison of treatment and outcomes for heart attack patients”. ed by David A. Wise and Naohiro Yashiro, “Health care issues in the United States and Japan” Chapter 7: pp.165-193.
The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.2006.11.

Haruko Noguchi.
“The foreign-born labor and education: Foreign-born workers in U.S. Economy”. ed. by Yuko Takeshita, Seiji Yamaoka, Sippel, Taku Suzuki, “The bridge of English language across the world: The international & multicultural perspectives Book 2” Chapter 12: pp. 68-74.
Shohakusha. 2006.11.

Aki Yoshikawa, Haruko Noguchi, Saburo Ide,Akihiro Koike, Toru Maruyama, Naoto Uemura, Akinori Urae, Tsuruhiko Nambu
“Acute myocardial infarction treatment in Japan: the seven hospital pilot study”. ed. by Mark B McCellan and Kessler D. “Technological change in health care: A global analysis of heart attack”. Chapter 8: pp. 156-183. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 2003.1.

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4. Lecture and oral presentation

Yuichi Watanabe, Haruko Noguchi, Nobuyuki Izumida.
“Do Health Checkups Reduce Costs and Utilization of Healthcare? Evidence from a Local Municipality in Japan”.
World Congress of International Health Economics Association (iHEA). 2019.7.17. Basel, Switzerland.

Yichen Shen,Haruko Noguchi.
“How Does the Introduction of the Oral Chemotherapy Drug Parity Laws Affect the Health Outcomes Among Cancer Patients in the United States?”.
World Congress of International Health Economics Association (iHEA). 2019.7.16. Basel, Switzerland.

Cheolmin Kang, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does Free Healthcare Affect Children’s Healthcare Use and Outcomes? Evidence from Japan’s Medical Subsidy for Infants and Children”.
World Congress of International Health Economics Association (iHEA). 2019.7.15. Basel, Switzerland.

Rong Fu,Haruko Noguchi.
“How Did Hospitals Respond to Prospective Payment System under the Japanese Universal Healthcare System?”.
World Congress of International Health Economics Association (iHEA). 2019.7.15. Basel, Switzerland.

Shuhei Kaneko, Haruko Noguchi.
“Kill Two Issues with One Stone -Simple Methodology for Dealing with Sample Selection and Endogenous Regressor (The Case of Mental Health and Labor Productivity)-”.
World Congress of International Health Economics Association (iHEA). 2019.7.15. Basel, Switzerland.

Rong Fu,Haruko Noguchi.
“How Did Hospitals Respond to Prospective Payment System under the Japanese Universal Healthcare System?”.
Pre-Congress and Sponsored Sessions: Early Career Researcher (ECR) Pre-Congress Session I , World Congress of International Health Economics Association (iHEA). 2019.7.13. Basel, Switzerland.

Cheolmin Kang, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does Free Healthcare Affect Children’s Healthcare Use and Outcomes? Evidence from Japan’s Medical Subsidy for Infants and Children”.
2019 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society. 2019.6.16. Xiamen, China.

Rong Fu,Haruko Noguchi.
“How Did Hospitals Respond to Prospective Payment System under the Japanese Universal Healthcare System?”.
2019 Spring Meeting of Japan Economic Association. 2019.6.9. Musashi University, Tokyo.

Haruko Noguchi, Shuhei Kaneko, Cheolmin Kang, Akira Kawamura, Shinsuke Amano, Atsushi Miyawaki, Rong Fu.
“Differences in Cancer Patients’ Work-Cessation Risk, based on Gender and Type of Job: Examination of Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Super-Aged Japan”.
Individual Research Workshop on Advanced Research for Ageing Society, University of Waseda Day. 2019.5.13. Universität Bonn, Germany.

Ryuichi Tanaka, Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, Koichi Ushijima.
“Do Teachers Matter for Academic Achievement of Students? Evidence from Administrative Panel Data”.
The Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE). 2018.12.14. Seoul National University, Seoul Korea.

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“How Did Hospitals Respond to Prospective Payment System under the Japanese Universal “Healthcare System?”.
1st Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics (AWEHE). 2018.12.10. Kyoto, Japan.

Cheolmin Kang, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi.
“The Effect of Free Health Care on Utilization and Health among Children: Evidence from the Medical Subsidy for Children in Japan”.
13th Applied Microeconometrics Conference. 2018.11.24. The University of Tokyo, Tokyo.

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“How Did Hospitals Respond to Prospective Payment System under the Japanese Universal “Healthcare System?”.
13th Applied Microeconometrics Conference. 2018.11.24. The University of Tokyo, Tokyo.

Ryuichi Tanaka, Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, Koichi Ushijima.
“Do Teachers Matter for Academic Achievement of Students? Evidence from Administrative Panel Data”.
International Conference on Education Economics. 2018.11.21. Budapest, Hungary.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Japan’s challenge to ageing: demographic trend, health determinants and public policies”.
20th Joint Symposium between the University of Bonn and Waseda University (the University of Bonn and Waseda University). 2018.9.17. The University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

Yuichi Watanabe, Haruko Noguchi, Yoshinori Nakata.
“Estimating surgical efficiency of a Japanese large-scale hospital: a stochastic production frontier approach”.
EuHEA PhD student-supervisor and early career researcher conference (European Health Economics Association (EuHEA)). 2018.9.6. Catania, Italy.

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“Moral Hazard under Zero Price Policy: Evidence from Japanese Long-term Care Claims Data”.
EUHEA Conference 2018(European Health Economics Association (EuHEA)). 2018.7.13. Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Akira Kawamura,Haruko Noguchi.
“The budget system and inefficiency for national health and long term care insurance”.
EUHEA Conference 2018(European Health Economics Association (EuHEA)). 2018.7.13. Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Shuhei Kaneko, Haruko Noguchi.
“Is Traditional Price Policy Effective for Achieving Low Smoking Rate?:Empirical and Theoretical Evaluation Based on the United States Aggregate Data”.
EUHEA Conference 2018 (European Health Economics Association (EuHEA)). 2018.7.13. Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Mayumi Imahori, Takashi Kurihara, Haruko Noguchi.
“Do income affect medical care and LTC expenditure for the elderly?: Based on claim-data under the universal system in Japan”.
EUHEA Conference 2018 (European Health Economics Association (EuHEA)). 2018.7.12. Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Fee for service with a fee‐schedule: role of central social insurance medical council (“Chuikyo”).
Workshop of the Health Finance WT in Thailand (Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)). 2018.5.13. Chonburi, Thailand.

Ryuichi Tanaka, Shunichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, Koichi Ushijima.
“Do Teachers Matter for Academic Achievement of Students? Evidence from Administrative Panel Data”.
GRIPS-UTokyo Workshop: Redistributive Policies and Investment in Human Capital. 2018.3.14. GRIPS and University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Takeshi Aida, Andrew S. Griffen, Eiji Kozuka,Haruko Noguchi, Yasuyuki Todo.
“Election, Implementation, and Social Capital in School-Based Management: Field Experimental Evidence from a Developing Country”.
GRIPS-UTokyo Workshop: Redistributive Policies and Investment in Human Capital. 2018.3.14. GRIPS and University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Japan’s challenge to ageing: demographic trend, health determinants and public policies”.
Mirai Project. 2017.10.17. Lund University and Waseda University, Lund, Sweden.

Rong FU, Haruko Noguchi, Koichi Suga.
“Does marriage make us healthier?: evidence from Japanese elderly”.
Mirai Project. 2017.10.16. Lund University and Waseda University, Lund, Sweden.

Taeko Watanabe, Nanako Tamiya, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi,Haruko Noguchi.
“Boundary phase of healthy life expectancy by municipality and its related factors in Japan”.
The 5th International Conference on Global Aging Tsukuba (CGAT). 2017.9.27. Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan.

Boyoung Jeon, Nanako Tamiya, Hideto Takahashi, Xueying Jin,Haruko Noguchi.
“Sampling design of register-based long-term care insurance datasets”.
The 5th International Conference on Global Aging Tsukuba (CGAT). 2017.9.27. Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan.

Takafumi Monma, Fumi Takeda, Haruko Noguchi, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“The duration difference of exercise or sports activities by presence of others among middle-aged adults in Japan”.
The 5th International Conference on Global Aging Tsukuba (CGAT). 2017.9.27. Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Cost Analysis for LTOP project-Results from cost survey conducted by LTOP project-”.
Regional Seminar on Long-term Care for Elderly Persons. 2017.6.8. Bangkok, Thailand.

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi, Akira Kawamura, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Spillover effect of Japanese long-term care insurance as an employment promotion policy for caregivers”.
Japan Economic Seminar (invited by Prof. Takatoshi Ito) 2017.2.10. Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School. New York, USA.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Considering health care in Japan from health economics viewpoints: From applied econometric approach”.
2016.12.20. Japan Medical Association, Tokyo, Japan.

Felipe Alfonso Sandoval Garrido, Nanako Tamiya, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Haruko Noguchi.
“Relation of depression with health behaviors and social conditions of dependent community-dwelling older persons in the Republic of Chile”.
The 2016 Gerontological Society of America (GSA). 2016.11.16. New Orleans, USA.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Price policy (fee schedule system) and health care supply system in Japan”. The 26th Annual International Symposium "Development of Japanese social security system and related industries".
2016.11.5. Fudan University Japan Research Center.Shanghai, China.

Jin Xueying , Nanako Tamiya, Boyoung Jeon, Akira Kawamura, Felipe Alfonso Sandoval Garrido, Hideto Takahashi,Haruko Noguchi.
“Facility factors associated with care level deterioration in nursing homes”.
The 75th Annual Meeting of Japan Public Health Association. 2016.10.27. Osakaka.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Exploring the use of administrative data in Japan: Focusing on nursing care receipt data”.
2016 Fall Meeting of Japan Economic Association (Invited lecture). 2016.9.10. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Rong Fu,Haruko Noguchi, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya.
“Spillover effect of Japanese long-term care insurance as an employment promotion policy for caregivers”.
2016 Fall Meeting of Japan Economic Association. 2016.9.10. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Shinya Sugawara, Toshiaki Iizuka,Haruko Noguchi.
“Effects of pay-for-performance on the quality of long term care in Japan”.
The 11th Annual Meeting of Japan Health Economic Association. 2016.9.3. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi, Nanako Tamiya. .
“Spillover effect of Japanese long-term care insurance as an employment promotion policy for caregivers”.
The 11th Annual Meeting of Japan Health Economic Association. 2016.9.3. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Boyoung Jeon, Haruko Noguchi, Soonman Kwon, Tomoko Ito, Nanako Tamiya..
“Disability, poverty, and role of the basic livelihood security system on health services utilization among the elderly in South Korea”.
The 11th Annual Meeting of Japan Health Economic Association.2016.9.3. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Felipe Sandoval, Haruko Noguchi, Akira Kawamura, Nanako Tamiya.
“Use of rehabilitation care services and the reduction of long-term care spending using Japanese national long term care insurance claim data”.
The 11th Annual Meeting of Japan Health Economic Association. 2016.9.3. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Felipe Sandoval, Nanako Tamiya, Haruko Noguchi.
“Depression among older caregivers living in households affected by HIV in a rural district of South Africa”.
The 30th Japan Association for International Health Congress, 2015.11.21. Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.

Felipe Sandoval, Nanako Tamiya, Haruko Noguchi.
“The elderly and child care: The Relation between informal care provision and major depressive disorder among rural elderly people in South Africa”
The 5th Japan and German International Conference in Tsukuba, 2015.10.23. Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi.
“How does employment affect old persons’ health status in Japan”.
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics(IAGG). 2015.10.21. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does Marriage Make Us Healthier? - Inter-country Comparable Evidence from China, Japan and Korea-”.
2015 Japan Economic Association Autumn Meeting. 2015.10.10 Sophia University, Tokyo.

Felipe Sandoval, Nanako Tamiya, Haruko Noguchi.
“The relationship of care and depressive symptoms on older people in South Africa”.
The 3rd CGAT International Conference. 2015.9.30. Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan.

Felipe Sandoval, Nanako Tamiya, Haruko Noguchi.
“Depression among older caregivers living households affected by HIV in a rural district of South Africa”.
The 3rd CGAT International Conference. 2015.9.30. Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan.

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does marriage make us healthier?: Inter-country comparable evidence from China, Japan, and Korea”.
The 10th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2015.7.15. Milan, Italy.

Imahori, Mayumi, Nobuyuki Izumida, Yumika Shirase, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does preventive long-term care works?: An evidence from micro-based data in a small city in japan”.
The 10th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2015.7.14. Milan, Italy.

Haruko Noguchi (Session Organizer).
“New challenges of health care beyond universal system from Japanese experience”.
The 10th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2015.7.14. Milan, Italy.

Yui Yamaoka, Nanako Tamiya, Haruko Noguchi.
“Mental health of caregivers with disabled children and related characteristics: based on the nation-wide survey”.
The 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Epidemiological Association. 2015.1.23. Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan.

Takefumi Monma, Fumi Takeda, Nanako Tamiya, Haruko Noguchi.
“Age and gender difference in relationships among sociodemographics, disease psychosocial stressors, and mental health in older Japanese adults”.
XVIII ISA World Congress. 2014.7.16. Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Nanako Tamiya, Masayo Kashiwagi, Hideto Takahashi, Haruko Noguchi.
“Descriptive analysis of service use covered by long-term care insurance in Japan: based on population-based claims data”.
BMC Health Service Research: Evidence-based practice.2014.7.1. King’s College, London, UK.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Japan’s response to ageing: Challenges in socializing informal care with a tradition of family care”.
The 1st International Workshop on Aging in Africa: Perspective and Promotion from Public Health and Ethnology. 2014.3.6. Kwale, Kenya.

Junya Hamaaki, Haruko Noguchi.
“The impact of health problems on income of elderly in Japan”.
The 9th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2013.7.8. Sydney, Australia.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Empirical evaluation of the impact of long-term care insurance in Japan”.
The 4th Joint International Conference of Health Economics Association of Japan, Korea and Taiwan and Taiwan Society of Health Economics 2012 Annual Meeting. 2012.9.3. Taipei, Taiwan.

Moe Konishi, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does retirement affect health behavior?: Evidence from longitudinal data in Japan”.
2012 Spring Meeting of Japan Economic Association. 2012.6.24. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi, Nobuyuki Izumida.
“Relation of allocation of medical resources and demand for health care in Japan”.
The 68th Annual Meeting of Japan Institute of Public Finance. 2011.10.23. Seijo Univeristy, Tokyo, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Geographical mobility of patients by types of health care institutions and implication on medical zoning policy”.
The 3th Joint International Conference of Health Economics Association of Japan, Korea and Taiwan and Taiwan Society of Health Economics 2011 Annual Meeting. 2011.9.18. Hosei University, Toyo, Japan.

Junya Hamaaki, Haruko Noguchi.
“Health effects on labor participation by the elderly”.
The 8th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2011.7.13. Toronto, Canada.

Hideki Hashimoto (co-lead author), Naoki Ikegami(co-lead author), Kenji Shibuya, Nobuyuki Izumida, Haruko Noguchi, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroaki Miyata, Jose M Acuin, and Michael R Reich.
“Explaining Japan’s paradox: Best health indices and low costs”.
The 8th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2011.7.13. Toronto, Canada.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Japan’s response to ageing: Challenges in socializing informal care with a tradition of family care”.
Symposium on Evolving Asian Society and Establishing Sustainable Social Security Net, Joint Program between Economic Research Institute for ASEAN, Harvard University, Asia Vision 21 and Central Institute Economic Management. 2010.10.26. Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Junya Hamaaki, Haruko Noguchi.
“Does health status matter to people’s retirement decision in Japan: An evaluation of "justification hypothesis" and measurement errors in subjective health”.
2009 Fall Meeting of Japan Economic Association. 2009.10.10. Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi (Session Organizer).
“Demand, social costs and accessibility, for medical care and long-term care in aging society”.
The 7th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2009.7.13. Beijing, China.

Junya Hamaaki, Haruko Noguchi .
“Does health status matter to people’s retirement decision in Japan: An evaluation of "justification hypothesis" and measurement errors in subjective health”.
The 7th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2009.7.13. Beijing, China.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Impacts of the revision of national long-term care insurance system in April of 2006 on the aged and caregivers”.
2nd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists. 2008.6.28. Duke University, USA.

Hideki Hashimoto, Haruko Noguchi, Eiji Yano.
“The impact of home-modification service on the functional prognosis and formal care use under the Japanese long term care insurance system”.
The 6th World Congress of International Health Economics Association (IHEA). 2007.7.8. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Haruko Noguchi, Yuko Ueno, Shigeru Sugihara, Isao Igarashi, Koichi Kawabuchi.
“Impacts of the revision of national LTC insurance system in April of 2006 on health, demand for care, and economic status among the aged and caregivers”.
Tokyo Meeting for ESRI International Collaboration Projects 2006. 2007.3.7. Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet of Japan, Tokyo.

Shigeru Sugihara, Isao Igarashi, Tomoyuki Takura, Haruko Noguchi, Yuko Ueno, Koichi Kawabuchi.
“Asymmetric information and heterogeneous preferences in a health care Market”.
Tokyo Meeting for ESRI International Collaboration Projects 2006. 2007.3.7. Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet of Japan, Tokyo.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi .
“Quality of child care in Japan: Evidence from micro-level data”.
2003 Fall Meeting of Japan Economic Association. 2003.10.13. Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi, Satoshi Shimizutani, Wataru Suzuki.
“Wage determinants and age profiles in the Japanese child care industry: Evidence from employee-level data”.
2003 Fall Meeting of Japan Economic Association. 2003.10.13. Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi, Yuichiro Masuda, Masafumi Kuzuya,Akihiko Iguchi, Jeffery Geppert, Mark McClellan.
“The quality of health care : A the United States – Japan comparison of treatment and outcomes for heart attack patients”.
National Bureau of Economic Research-Japan Center for Economic Research Conference. 2003.5.11. Nikko, Japan.

Satoshi Shimizutani, Haruko Noguchi.
“Part I: Are non-profit earnings differentials observed in Japan?: Evidence from micro-level data in Japanese nursing homes; Part II: Quality differential in for-profit versus nonprofit long-term care: Evidence from micro-level data”.
Health Economics Conference. 2002.12.13.Kyoto, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi.
“The impact of increased coronary stent use on treatment trajectory and outcomes”.
Outcomes Research/Health Service Research section of ISIM meeting. 2002.5.28.Kyoto, Japan.

Haruko Noguchi.
“Economic status of older women in Japan”.
NGO World Forum on Ageing-Second World General Assembly of the United Nations, Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I Feria de Madrid (IFEMA). 2002.4.8. Madrid, Spain.

Michael G. Shlipak, Paul A. Heidenreich,Haruko Noguchi, Warren S. Browner, Mark B. McClellan.
“Effects of renal insufficiency on treatment and survival after myocardial infarction in the elderly”.
The 2000 American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions. 2000.11.11.

Jeffery Geppert, Haruko Noguchi, Mark McClellan.
“Integrating randomized and observational evidence on medical treatment effects ”.
The 58th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Public Health. 1999.10.12. Beppu, Ooita, Japan

Jeffery Geppert, Haruko Noguchi, Mark McClellan.
“Integrating randomized and observational evidence on medical treatment effects”.
The Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. 1999.10.3. New York NY, USA.

Mark McClellan and Haruko Noguchi.
“Validity and interpretation of treatment effect estimates using observational data: treatment of heart attacks in the elderly”.
The 1997 International Conference on Health Policy Research sponsored by the Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association. 1997.12.7. Crystal City, VA, USA.

Tetsuji Yamada, Tadashi Yamada, Chang Gun Kim, Haruko Noguchi.
“Efficiency and costs in hospitals in Japan: A stochastic frontier approach”.
The Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meetings in New Orleans, the Chinese Economic Association in North America. 1997.1.7. New Orleans, LA

Charlotte Muller, Mariann Fahs, Haruko Noguchi, Jianjin Ling.
“U.S. - Japan collaborative effort: Study of long-term care data comparability”.
Gerontological Health Section, American Public Health Association. 1996.11.10. New York, NY, USA.