Secondary medical area

中央 area profile

This planning area groups municipalities in Kochi Prefecture. Its facility values describe providers located within the area; they do not measure where residents receive care or travel for treatment.

Published figures

Constituent municipalities
14
Municipalities with listed hospitals
12
Listed hospitals
89
Grouped by facility location
Reported beds
12,169
Reported values from 89 of 89 listed hospitals are included; hospitals without a reported total are excluded from the sum. The source field does not say whether beds are licensed, staffed, available or occupied.
Hospital data reference period
1 June 2026
Resident population
497,642
Available for 14 constituent municipalities
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents
17.88
Provider-location numerator and resident-population denominator; not a measure of access or capacity

Constituent municipalities

The list follows the official area-to-municipality mapping. Municipality and facility counts are presented at their published geographic units; no resident-utilization estimate is inferred.

  • 高知市 · 59 listed hospitals · 8,381 reported beds from 59 hospitals with reported values
  • 南国市 · 9 listed hospitals · 1,670 reported beds from 9 hospitals with reported values
  • 吾川郡 / いの町 · 4 listed hospitals · 257 reported beds from 4 hospitals with reported values
  • 高岡郡 / 越知町 · 4 listed hospitals · 181 reported beds from 4 hospitals with reported values
  • 土佐市 · 3 listed hospitals · 387 reported beds from 3 hospitals with reported values
  • 香美市 · 3 listed hospitals · 476 reported beds from 3 hospitals with reported values
  • 高岡郡 / 佐川町 · 2 listed hospitals · 432 reported beds from 2 hospitals with reported values
  • 香南市 · 1 listed hospital · 165 reported beds from 1 hospital with reported values
  • 長岡郡 / 本山町 · 1 listed hospital · 89 reported beds from 1 hospital with reported values
  • 長岡郡 / 大豊町 · 1 listed hospital · 60 reported beds from 1 hospital with reported values
  • 土佐郡 / 土佐町 · 1 listed hospital · 50 reported beds from 1 hospital with reported values
  • 吾川郡 / 仁淀川町 · 1 listed hospital · 21 reported beds from 1 hospital with reported values
  • 土佐郡 / 大川村 · 0 listed hospitals · Reported bed total: Unknown
  • 高岡郡 / 日高村 · 0 listed hospitals · Reported bed total: Unknown

Sources and reference periods

Source titles and official records may be in Japanese. Dates and geographic units are shown separately for each source.

  • Municipality membership follows the official table as of 1 October 2024 and is matched using five-digit municipality codes.
  • Facility, resident-population, bed-function, outpatient-function, DPC and physician figures are descriptive aggregations. Each retains its own reference period and reporting scope.
  • These figures do not indicate healthcare quality, need, adequacy, shortage, access, recommendation or rank.
  • Facility-level datasets are not joined unless the source and product contract support that join.