Correlation between prescription volumes of generic antiepileptic drugs and the number of clinical epileptologists across prefectural regions in Japan: A descriptive study using a national claims database

• Published in: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 246; p. 108547
• Main Authors: Matsunuma, Satoru, Sunaga, Shigeki, Yoshimoto, Koichi, Jimbo, Hiroyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.11.2024; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Antiepileptic agents; Antiseizure medications; Brand names; Child; Child, Preschool; Claims database; Clinical epileptologists; Convulsions & seizures; Databases, Factual; Drug dosages; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Drug stores; Drugs, Generic - therapeutic use; Epilepsy; Epilepsy - drug therapy; Female; Fiscal years; Generic drugs; Health care policy; Health insurance; Hospitals; Humans; Infant; Japan; Male; Middle Aged; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Open data; Patients; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmacists; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Prescription drugs; Treatment cost; Trends; Young Adult; Japan; United States > US; Generic drugs; Claims database; Treatment cost; Antiseizure medications; Clinical epileptologists

Although generic drugs are essential in reducing medical costs, their use in epilepsy therapy remains a subject of ongoing debate. In this study, we analysed prescription trends of generic drugs using data from the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups (NDB) Open...