Impact of lifting the mandatory evacuation order after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident on the emergency medical system: a retrospective observational study at Minamisoma City with machine learning analysis.
Hiroki YoshimuraChika YamamotoToyoaki SawanoYoshitaka NishikawaHiroaki SaitoSaori NonakaTianchen ZhaoNaomi ItoSatoshi TashiroAkihhiko OzakiTomoyoshi OikawaMasaharu TsubokuraPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
The onsite time delay in EMS in evacuation order zones is largely due to regional factors from north to south and the time of day. However, the north-south regional factor decreased with the lifting of evacuation orders.