A hierarchical Bayesian model for improving short-term forecasting of hospital demand by including meteorological information

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-61

  Sahu, Sujit K ^a   Baffour, Bernard ^b   Harper, Paul R ^c   Minty, John H ^c   Sarran, Christophe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Emergency admissions; Forecast validation; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891902736     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12008     Document Type: Article

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