Forecasting models of emergency department crowding

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Schweigler, Lisa M ^a   Desmond, Jeffrey S ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^c   Bukowski, Kyle J ^d   Ionides, Edward L ^b   Younger, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Emergency service; Forecasting; Hospital; Operations research

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65249151962     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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