Forecasting daily patient volumes in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-170

  Jones, Spencer S ^a   Thomas, Alun ^a   Evans, R Scott ^a,b   Welch, Shari J ^c   Haug, Peter J ^a,b   Snow, Gregory L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department crowding; Forecasting; Patient flow

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IDAHO; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTAH;

EID: 39749153113     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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