Estimation and forecasting hospital admissions due to influenza: Planning for winter pressure. The case of the West Midlands, UK

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-205

  Hussain, S ^a   Harrison, R ^a   Ayres, J ^b   Walter, S ^a   Hawker, J ^b   Wilson, R ^b   Shukur, G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fractional forecasting; Hospital admissions; Long range dependence; Periodicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444501644     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760500054384     Document Type: Article

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