Can syndromic surveillance help forecast winter hospital bed pressures in England?

BACKGROUND:Health care planners need to predict demand for hospital beds to avoid deterioration in health care. Seasonal demand can be affected by respiratory illnesses which in England are monitored using syndromic surveillance systems. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between syndromic...

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Main Authors: Roger A Morbey, Andre Charlett, Iain Lake, James Mapstone, Richard Pebody, James Sedgwick, Gillian E Smith, Alex J Elliot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228804