Modeling and forecasting monthly patient volume at a primary health care clinic using univariate time-series analysis

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-247

  Abdel Aal, R E ^a   Mangoud, A M ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ARIMA analysis; Forecasting; Health management; Modeling; Patient volume; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

HEALTH MANAGEMENT;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; GROWTH CURVE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032104589     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(98)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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