Factors associated with the duration of telephone observation and consultation sessions provided by the Hiroshima Prefecture Follow-up Center in the later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

• Yui Yumiya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yumiya@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-835X

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• Mikikazu Itakura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Noriyuki Shiroma,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hanako Murayama,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Chiaki Taguchi,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hiroshima Prefectural Eastern Health Center, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Toki Yamashita,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hiroshima Prefectural Government Health and Welfare Affairs Bureau, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Chiaki Tokubo,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hiroshima Prefectural Government Health and Welfare Affairs Bureau, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Takahito Yoshida,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Tatsuhiro Nagata,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Odgerel Chimed-Ochir,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Ami Fukunaga,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8705-0056

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• Kanako Kitahara,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hiroshima Prefectural Government Health and Welfare Affairs Bureau, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hiroki Ohge,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Masao Kuwabara,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hiroshima Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Tatsuhiko Kubo

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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