Change of access to emergency care in a repopulated village after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sustaining emergency care access is of great concern. The aim of this study is to evaluate access to emergency care in a repopulated village following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Design

This research was a retrospective observational study. The primary outcome measure was total emergency medical services (EMS) time. A Bayesian time series analysis was performed to consider local time series trend and seasonality.

Setting

The residents in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima, Japan were forced to evacuate after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. As the radiation dose was an acceptable level, the residents began the process of repopulation in April 2012.

Participants

This study included patients transported by EMS from January 2009 to October 2015. Patients transpor

SUBMITTER: Nishikawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377524 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature