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chuie
Quartz | Level 8

HI 

I have two years daily patient volume data . I need to do weekly forecast the patient volume for next year .

Is my data sufficient? if so what is the best method and if not  how should I proceed?

Thank you

 

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Reeza
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You likely have enough data and you can do a forecast. You may also want to consider population growth/demographic data from the spatial area you cover - I've lived in two cities where the population was growing very fast during certain periods and that results in increased visits as well. I would probably start with the basics, moving averages and proc arima.

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Reeza
Super User
You likely have enough data and you can do a forecast. You may also want to consider population growth/demographic data from the spatial area you cover - I've lived in two cities where the population was growing very fast during certain periods and that results in increased visits as well. I would probably start with the basics, moving averages and proc arima.
chuie
Quartz | Level 8

Thank you Reeza. That is  something interesting to incorporate a population growth.

Do you have anything link /articles to share. I would love to explore more.

 

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