Internet searches can predict volume of ER visits
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 16:31
in Mathematics & Economics
The correlation between Internet searches on a regional medical website and next-day visits to regional emergency departments was 'significant,' authors of a recent study say, suggesting that Internet data may be used in the future to predict the level of demand at emergency departments. This is the first study to use Internet data to predict emergency department visits in either a region or a single hospital.
