Satte City
In Satte City, Saitama Prefecture, the child medical expense subsidy covers both outpatient and inpatient care through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (end of high-school age). Income limit: none. Co-payment: none. (As of April 1, 2025, Children and Families Agency survey.)
In Saitama Prefecture, 63 of 63 municipalities cover outpatient care through age 18, and Satte City is one of them.
Satte City is one of 63 municipalities in Saitama Prefecture that meet all three conditions: coverage through age 18 for both outpatient and inpatient care, no income limit, and no co-payment.
Municipalities call this program by different names (小児医療費助成, こども医療費助成, 乳幼児医療費助成, 子育て支援医療). This site uses the national survey's term, "child medical expense subsidy".
- Covered until (Outpatient)
- Age 18(April 1, 2025)
- Covered until (Inpatient)
- Age 18(April 1, 2025)
- Income limit
- No(April 1, 2025)
- Co-payment
- No(April 1, 2025)
- Coverage through age 18
- Yes(April 1, 2025)
- Population
- 48,801(Resident register, 2024)
- Share under 15
- 9.8%(2020 census)
Child medical expense subsidy
| Item | Outpatient | Inpatient |
|---|---|---|
| Covered untilchanged | Age 18 through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (end of high-school age) | Age 18 through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (end of high-school age) |
| Income limit | No | No |
| Co-payment | No | No |
Changed since last year
- Outpatient · Covered until
- Age 15 → Age 18
- Inpatient · Covered until
- Age 15 → Age 18
Changes from last year (as of April 1, 2024) to this year (as of April 1, 2025).
Source: Children and Families Agency, Survey on Municipal Child Medical Expense Subsidies (municipal form, attachment 3) (As of April 1, 2025). Last checked September 24, 2026
The national survey records conditions as of April 1 and is published in December. Some municipalities have expanded coverage since then. Confirm the current conditions on the municipality's official website.
Key figures
- PopulationResident register, 2024
- 48,801Rank 40 of 63 in the prefecture2024
- Share under 15
- 9.8%Rank 50 of 63 in the prefecture2020 census
- Share 65 and over
- 35.2%2020 census
- Share of foreign residents
- 2.0%2020 census
- Net migration (move-ins minus move-outs)2024. A positive number means more people moved in than moved out
- +221Rank 14 of 63 in the prefecture2024
- Births per 1,000 residents
- 3.3Rank 55 of 63 in the prefecture2023
- Nursery schools
- 62023
- Nursery schools per 1,000 children under 15
- 1.22Rank 53 of 63 in the prefecture2023
- Kindergartens
- 52024
- Elementary schools
- 92024
- Doctors per 10,000 residents
- 17.8Rank 17 of 63 in the prefecture2022
- Clinics per 10,000 residents
- 6.42023
- General hospitals
- 42023
- Owner-occupied homes
- 74.2%2023
- Floor area per dwelling
- 103.5 m²2023
- Fiscal strength indexAbove 1 means local tax revenue covers standard spending
- 0.70Rank 45 of 63 in the prefecture2022
- Restaurants
- 1682021
Source: e-Stat, Statistical Observations of Municipalities 2026 (Statistics Bureau of Japan)
"—" means e-Stat has no value for this item (the Housing and Land Survey does not cover towns and villages).
Compare with municipalities in the same prefecture (by population)
- Chichibu City57,212
- Hidaka City54,192
- Hanyu City53,696
- Shiraoka City52,404
- Ina Town45,042
- Sugito Town43,562
- Miyoshi Town37,377
- Miyashiro Town33,471
Page updated: . You may quote this table. Please credit Machishirabe and the original survey.