forecast of acute respiratory infections: expected nonepidemic mobidity in cuba
;Armando Aguirre;Edilberto Gonzalez
kurdistan journal of applied research1992Vol. 87pp. 433-436
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Abstract
A forecast of nonepidemic morbidity due to acute respiratory infections were carry out by using time series analysis. The data consisted of the weekly reports of medical patient consultation from ambulatory facilities from the whole country. A version of regression model was fitted to the data. Using this approach, we were able to detect the starting data of the epidemic under routine surveillance conditions for various age groups. It will be necessary to improve the data reporting system in order to introduce these procedures at the local health center level, as well as on the provincial level.