A Comparison of Methods for Forecasting Emergency Department Visits for Respiratory Illness Using Telehealth Ontario Calls
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A comparison of methods for forecasting emergency department visits for respiratory illness using telehealth Ontario calls.
OBJECTIVES Anticipating increases in hospital emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory illness could help time interventions such as opening flu clinics to reduce surges in ED visits. Five different methods for estimating ED visits for respiratory illness from Telehealth Ontario calls are compared, including two non-linear modeling methods. Daily visit estimates up to 14 days in advance...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403965