Rinsho Shinkeigaku (Clinical Neurology)

Committee Report

Perspective on transition from pediatric to adult health care for patients with neurological disease: current situation and issues

Katsuhisa Ogata, M.D., Ph.D.1), Yoko Mochizuki, M.D., Ph.D.2), Toshio Saito, M.D., Ph.D.3), Yoshio Sakiyama, M.D., Ph.D.4), Masashi Mizuguchi, M.D., Ph.D.5), Masaya Kubota, M.D., Ph.D.6), Masakazu Mimaki, M.D., Ph.D.7), Tatsusada Okuno, M.D., Ph.D.8), Akio Ikeda, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.N.S.9), Tetsuo Komori, M.D., Ph.D.10), Akira Yoneyama, M.D., Ph.D.11), Hideki Mochizuki, M.D., Ph.D.8), and the Special Committee on Measures for Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care, the Japanese Society of Neurology

1) Department of Neurology/Institute of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Higashisaitama National Hospital
2) Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Kita Medical and Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled
3) Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center
4) Department of Neurology, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center
5) Department of Pediatrics, National Rehabilitation Center for Children with Disabilities
6) Department of Pediatrics, Shimada Ryoiku Medical Center for Challenged Children
7) Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine
8) Department of Neurology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
9) Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
10) Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Hakone Hospital
11) Department of Child Psychiatry, Medical Division, National Medical and Educational Consulting Center for Children with Disabilities

An improvement in efficacy treatment and development of the social support system has led to many patients with neurological disease being able to reach adulthood. Therefore health care for life from pediatrics to adulthood has become necessary. The Special Committee for Measures Against Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care of the Japanese Society of Neurology officially started to examine the current situation and issues of transition from pediatric to adult health care in July 2020. Pediatric neurologists and adult neurologists have an awareness of this issue of constructing a better transition from pediatric to adult health care. However, there are some tasks that need to be resolved in the medical system. We intend to improve the understanding of transition and assessment of medical service fees for transition in cooperation with the Japanese Society of Neurology and the Japanese Society of Child Neurology
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(CLINICA NEUROL, 62: 261|266, 2022)
key words: pediatric-to-adult healthcare transition, Japanese Society of Neurology, the Japanese Society of Child Neurology, intractable disease, healthcare and welfare service system

(Received: 30-Jul-21)