The Dedicated Emergency Physician Model of emergency care is associated with reduced pre-hospital transportation time: A retrospective study with a nationwide database in Japan

• Hidenori Higashi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: higashihidenori@yahoo.co.jp

  Affiliation Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4701-2186

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• Reo Takaku,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute for Health Economics and Policy, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Atsushi Yamaoka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Faculty of Economics of Kobe University, Nada-ku Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan

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• Alan Kawarai Lefor,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-5630

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• Takashi Shiga

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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