Current Treatment Flow Optimized Treatment Flow Source of Current Treatment Flow
Number of Newly-Diagnosed Pediatric Patients with Epilepsy Under 10 Years Old per Year 7117 7117 MHLW 2018, Aaberg 2017
Transition Probability to Next Therapy
   By Non-specialized Care
From Monotherapy to Two-drug Therapy 38.6% 20.0% Prescription database*
From Two-drug Therapy to Three-drug Therapy 27.1% 14.0%
From Three-drug Therapy to Four-drug Therapy 23.5% 0.0%
   By Specialized Care
From Monotherapy to Two-drug Therapy 27.0% 40.0% Calibrated from 2019 data in Nagano prefecture
From Two-drug Therapy to Three-drug Therapy 57.0% 48.0%
From Three-drug Therapy to Four-drug Therapy 77.0% 48.0%
Transition Probability to Specialized Care from Non-specialized Care
In Transition During Monotherapy 6.4% 20.0% Calibrated from 2019 data in Nagano prefecture
In Transition During Two-drug Therapy 27.9% 56.0%
In Transition During Three-drug Therapy 41.5% 90.0%
Transition Probability to Surgical Treatment
In Transition to Two-drug Therapy 3.0% 10.0% Expert opinion
In Transition to Three-drug Therapy 3.0% 12.0%
In Transition to Four-drug Therapy 3.0% 32.0%
Annual Transition Probability in 40 Years after Transition to Four-drug Therapy/Difficult-to-treat
To Specialized Care from Non-specialized Care 1.5% - Calibrated from 2019 data in Nagano prefecture
To Surgery from Specialized Care 1.5% 1.5%
Annual Transition Probability in 5 Years from Specialized Care to Non-specialized Care (primary care)
In Monotherapy 1.0% 80.0% Calibrated from 2019 data in Nagano prefecture
In Two-drug Therapy 1.0% 50.0%
In Three-drug Therapy 1.0% 20.0%