Diego Duarte¹ and Julio Faerman², ¹University of Greenwich, UK and ²Universidade Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Predicting emergency department (ED) indicators in time series may benefit hospital planning, improving quality of care and optimising resources. It motivates analysis of models that can forecast relevant KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for identifying future pressure. This paper analyses the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) method in comparison to the analysis of Prophet, an autoregressive forecasting model based on Re-current Neural Networks. The dataset analysed is formed by hourly valued hospital indicators, composed by Wait to be Seen Major in ED, Number of Attendances Major in ED, Unallocated Patients in ED with a DTA and Number of Beds Available on Medical Acute Unit. A comparison of predictions models ARIMA and Prophet is the focus. Each model is designed to provide better predictions for different time series characteristics. Measurements of best prediction for each indicator are based in accuracy, reliability bands and indicator meta information

Predicting, Healthcare, ARIMA, Prophet & Time series