The influence of environmental factors on the number of emergency room admissions at the Juan Canalejo Medical Center Complex in Corunna: Drafting a prediction model;Influencia de los factores ambientales en el numero de ingresos por urgencias en el Complejo Hospitalario <> de A Coruna: Elaboracion de un modelo de prediccion

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-60

  Lage Ferrón, Ma Belén ^a   Díaz Jiménez, Julio ^a,c   Gestal Otero, Juan Jesús ^b   De La Sierra Pajares Ortiz Ma ^a   Alberdi Odriozola, Juan Carlos ^d  

^a Ctro Univ de Salud Pub de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Ctro Univ de Salud Pública   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Air temperature; ARIMA models; Hospital admissions; Time series

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SPAIN; WEATHER;

EID: 0032914909     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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