About the Authors

Hisao Nakai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliation Nursing Department, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Tomoya Itatani

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

itatani@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Doctoral Course of Graduate School of Medical Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Ryo Horiike

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Policy Section, Health Policy Department, Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Kaoru Kyota

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Doctoral Course of Graduate School of Medical Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Keiko Tsukasaki

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Doctoral Course of Graduate School of Medical Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.