Assessing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ambulance transports for self-harm: a population-based study in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic might have affected emergency medical services transports for self-harm in Japan. However, the available data are insufficient to fully understand the pandemic’s impact on ambulance transports due to self-harm. This study aimed to investigate the change in the incide...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Katayama, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Tomoya Hirose, Takeshi Shimazu, Taku Iwami, Shunichiro Nakao, Jotaro Tachino, Kenta Tanaka, Jun Masui, Hisaya Domi, Jun Oda, Tetsuya Matsuoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/9/e074903.full