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Hoot NR, Epstein SK, Allen TL, Jones SS, Baumlin KM, Chawla N, Lee AT, Pines JM, Klair AK, Gordon BD, Flottemesch TJ, LeBlanc LJ, Jones I, Levin SR, Zhou C, Gadd CS, Aronsky D. Forecasting emergency department crowding: an external, multicenter evaluation. Annals of emergency medicine. 2009 Oct;54(54). 514-522.e19. NIHMSID: NIHMS149226.
Abstract
We apply a previously described tool to forecast emergency department (ED) crowding at multiple institutions and assess its generalizability for predicting the near-future waiting count, occupancy level, and boarding count.