Forecasting the demand for maternity services.
Faced with demands on maternity services exceeding design capacity, one British Columbia hospital commissioned forecasting studies to determine trends in demand and if accurate forecasts could be obtained. In addition to describing the forecasting method employed, the data used and the results, the authors look at what literature is available on obstetrics forecasting.
Uyeno
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Galbraith
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Buchan
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D001723:Birth Rate; D001955:British Columbia; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting / Q000379:methods*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D011247:Pregnancy; D012621:Seasons