University Hospitals: Work to Maintain Functions through Stable Management |
Editorial
15:04 JST, December 4, 2025
University hospitals play various roles beyond providing routine medical care services, such as conducting medical research, nurturing medical personnel and dispatching doctors to regional hospitals.
In addition, they cannot simply eliminate areas that may easily become unprofitable, such as treating intractable diseases that only have a few patients, for the sake of streamlining. Given these unique characteristics of university hospitals, there is an urgent need to work to achieve sound management in order to maintain their functions.
According to a national association of university hospitals, the combined operating deficit for all 81 national, public and private university hospitals in fiscal 2024 reached a record high of ¥50.8 billion. This deficit is projected to........