For casting Patient Volume

[chuie]

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

C

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

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]

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.