Planning for the future: Modelling daily emergency department presentations in an Australian capital city.

Fern J McAllanDiana Egerton-WarburtonGerard Michael O'ReillyTracey J WeilandGeorge A Jelinek

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2019)

We have produced and validated a model for predicting daily ED presentations across a major city. Even though ED presentations are multifactorial, city-wide daily presentations are predictable and explained by a small number of variables. The model will have implications for future health planning.

Keyphrases

emergency department
physical activity
current status
healthcare
public health
mental health
health promotion
human health
drug induced