Trends, structural changes, and assessment of time series models for forecasting hospital discharge due to death at a Mexican tertiary care hospital.

Edel Rafael Rodea-MonteroRodolfo Guardado-MendozaBrenda Jesús Rodríguez-AlcántarJesús Rubén Rodríguez-NuñezCarlos Alberto Núñez-ColínLina Sofía Palacio-Mejía

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Our study suggests that the ARIMA models are an adequate tool for future monitoring of the monthly percentage of hospital discharges due to death, allowing us to detect observations that depart from the described trend and identify future structural changes.

Keyphrases

tertiary care
current status
healthcare
acute care
adverse drug
emergency department