Rinshō shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology
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We investigated the patients followed in our hospital's adult neurology department to evaluate issues during the transition from pediatric to adult health care for patients with special health-care needs for neurological diseases. There has been an increase in the number of transition patients, and they were often recommended for the transition by pediatricians. ⋯ The transition requires a long time, and there is a difference in the medical administrative fees between pediatric and adult health care. The Japanese Society of Neurology and related societies need to take measures to improve these health-care transitions.