Current situation of the hospitalization of persons without family in Japan and related medical challenges

• Sayaka Yamazaki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.yamazaki@kenkoudai.ac.jp

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Health Science University, Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-7049

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• Nanako Tamiya,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Kaori Muto,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Policy, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuki Hashimoto,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Law, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Zentaro Yamagata

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Basic Science for Clinical Medicine, Division of Medicine, Graduate School Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

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