Forecasting the daily demand for emergency medical ambulances in England and Wales: a benchmark model and external validation

Abstract Background We aimed to select and externally validate a benchmark method for emergency ambulance services to use to forecast the daily number of calls that result in the dispatch of one or more ambulances. Methods The study was conducted using standard methods known to the UK’s NHS to aid i...

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Main Authors: Thomas Monks, Alison Harper, Michael Allen, Lucy Collins, Andrew Mayne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-023-02218-z