Forecasting demand of emergency care

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-305

  Jones, Simon Andrew ^a   Joy, Mark Patrick ^a   Pearson, Jon ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 0036832289     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020390425029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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