An overview of health forecasting

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Soyiri, Ireneous N ^a,b   Reidpath, Daniel D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Forecasting horizon; Health forecasting; Health services; Prediction; Principles

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84878497081     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-012-0294-6     Document Type: Review

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