Projecting demand for cardiac pacemakers.
A cardiac pacemaker implantation program involves substantial resources of money, facilities, and manpower. This paper presents a model for forecasting future numbers of implants, thus enabling the more efficient use of such resources. The model embraces both new implants and replacements, both short-term and long-term planning, and can be used with relevant data from any source.
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