Consumer Online Activity At Hospital Medical Advice Websites Can Be Used To Forecast Next Day Emergency Department Visit Volume
An analysis of consumer visits to a hospital website between 6:00 PM and midnight, reveled a significant correlation between the number of website visits and the volume of next-day emergency department visits. The analysis involved hospitals in Sweden. The analysis was used to develop a forecast model to be used nationwide in Sweden and for individual hospitals.
From August 13, 2011, to August 12, 2012, researchers gathered website and emergency department visit data to develop the model. Website visits were measured with Google Analytics. The number of visits to the ED within the region was retrieved from the . . .
