Factors associated with prolonged on-scene time in ambulance transportation among patients with minor diseases or injuries in Japan: a population-based observational study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Graduate School, and the Faculty of Medicine of Kyoto University approved this study (approval no.: R3745). The authors certify that the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Ethics Committee of the Graduate School and the Faculty of Medicine of Kyoto University allowed us to perform the study without informed consent because of the anonymity of the data collected for routine operations and the retrospective nature of the study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under KAKENHI Grant numbers (19K19731, 22K21081, 23K16326, and 23H03228). This funding body had no responsibility for or involvement in the development of the study protocol, analysis, interpretation of the results, or submission of the manuscript."