Analysis of the Quality and Quantity of Antiepileptic Drugs Required in Communities during Large-Scale Disasters: Focused on a Small Local City in Japan

Yuma Morisaki, Makoto Fujiu () and Junichi Takayama
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Yuma Morisaki: Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation, Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
Makoto Fujiu: Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation, Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
Junichi Takayama: Graduate School of Sustainable Systems Science, Komatsu University, Komatsu 923-8511, Japan

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: The Tohoku earthquake off the Pacific coast in March 2011 led to massive medical requirements. Although the availability of drugs is essential in the disaster-affected area, a shortage of drugs and a lack of supply of drugs were reported. Moreover, in Japan, there are concerns regarding the occurrence of a large-scale earthquake, such as the Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake, in the near future. Therefore, drug requirements in a disaster-affected area need to be determined in advance. This study uses national health insurance data (KDB), which are medical big data, to determine the drug requirements in the region from insurance claim information. This study focuses on epilepsy as the target disease and determines the quantity and quality of antiepileptic drugs required in the region via analysis.

Keywords: medical needs; large-scale disaster; antiepileptic drugs; medical big data; small local city (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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