病院の「４割」付き添い依頼　子の入院、家族の生活に影響―こども家庭庁

　こども家庭庁は１２日、子どもが入院する際、家族が泊まり込みで付き添う「付き添い入院」に関し初めて実施した実態調査の結果を公表した。全国の小児中核病院などの４３．６％が、病状などに応じて、家族に付き添いを依頼していることが分かった。６割超の医療機関では付き添い比率が「７５％以上」に達しており、家族の生活に大きな影響を与えていることが浮き彫りとなった。
　また、３６．１％の医療機関では、付き添いが困難なために入院できなかったり転院したりするケースが「ある」とした。
　調査は厚生労働省と連携し、昨年１２月１日～今年１月１５日、全国の小児中核病院、小児地域医療センター、小児地域支援病院を対象に実施。３４９医療機関が回答した。有効回答は４６．５％。（2024/04/12-12:04）

About 40 pct of Japanese medical institutions accepting hospitalizations of children ask family members to stay around the clock with them in certain circumstances, a government survey showed Friday.
   According to the results of the survey released by the Children and Families Agency, over 60 pct of surveyed institutions have family caregivers stay with hospitalized children in at least 75 pct of cases.
   The survey shed light on the major impact that hospitalizations of children have on the lives of many family members.
   It found that 36.1 pct of medical institutions have experience of not admitting children or of transferring them to other institutions because their family members could not care for them.
   The survey was conducted between Dec. 1 last year and Jan. 15 this year in cooperation with the health ministry. It covered core pediatric hospitals, pediatric regional medical centers and pediatric regional support hospitals nationwide, with 349 institutions, or 46.5 pct, giving valid responses.