Using Google Flu Trends data in forecasting influenza-like-illness related ED visits in Omaha, Nebraska

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1016-1023

  Araz, Ozgur M ^a   Bentley, Dan ^b   Muelleman, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEARCH ENGINE; SORE THROAT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGE CAPACITY; TIME; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEBRASKA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEARCH ENGINE; SURGE CAPACITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921645203     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.05.052     Document Type: Article

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