Comprehensive Health Checkup: Outline (2/2)

Children aged 15 or younger, whether residing in or outside Fukushima Prefecture, can receive the Comprehensive Health Checkup at any of the designated medical institutions with cooperating pediatricians. Examinees should return to the same medical institution respectively to receive explanations on the results directly from doctors. They can consult with doctors and receive answers or treatment on these occasions if they have any worries or if the health checkup results contain some worrisome points.

Residents aged 16 or older who reside in the prefecture can select one of three methods to receive a checkup: Receive a Specific Health Checkup or a General Health Checkup conducted by a municipality, with additional check items specific to the Comprehensive Health Checkup; Receive a Group Health Checkup conducted by Fukushima Medical University; or Receive the Comprehensive Health Checkup individually at a designated medical institution in the prefecture.

• Included in this reference material on March 31, 2013
• Updated on March 31, 2016