Heavy workload during the 2016/17 winter was entirely predictable

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Journal of Paramedic PracticeVol. 9, No. 2 CommentHeavy workload during the 2016/17 winter was entirely predictableRodney JonesRodney JonesSearch for more papers by this authorRodney JonesPublished Online:10 Feb 2017https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2017.9.2.52AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Beeknoo N and Jones R (2016) The demography myth - how demographic forecasting vastly underestimates hospital admissions, and creates the illusion that fewer hospital beds or community-based bed equivalents will be required in the future. Brit J Med Medical Research 19(2): 1–27 Crossref, Google ScholarFilleul L, Ranoaritiana D, Balleydier E, Vandroux D, Jaffar-Bandjee M et al. (2016) A major impact of the influenza seasonal epidemic on intensive care units, Réunion, April to August 2016. Eurosurveillance 21(47) Available at http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22649 (Accessed 24 November 2016) Google ScholarJones R (2014a) What is happening in unscheduled care? Journal of Paramedic Practice 5(2): 60-2 Link, Google ScholarJones R (2014b) A Study of an Unexplained and Large Increase in Respiratory Deaths in England and Wales: Is the Pattern of Diagnoses Consistent with the Potential Involvement of Cytomegalovirus? Brit J Med Medical Research 4(33): 5179–92 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2015a) Exploring trends in demand for urgent care. Journal of Paramedic Practice 7(10): 486–8 Link, Google ScholarJones R (201b5) Simulated rectangular wave infectious-like events replicate the diversity of time-profiles observed in real-world running 12 month totals of admissions or deaths. Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology (FGNAMB) 1(3): 78–9 Google ScholarJones R (2015c) Are emergency admissions contagious? Brit J Healthc Manage 21(5): 227–35 Link, Google ScholarJones R (2015d) A previously uncharacterized infectious-like event leading to spatial spread of deaths across England and Wales: Characteristics of the most recent event and a time series for past events. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research 5(11): 1361–80 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2016a) A presumed infectious event in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015 leading to higher deaths in those with neurological and other disorders. J Neuroinfectious Diseases 7(2): 1000213 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2016b) Deaths and the marginal changes in healthcare costs. Brit J Healthc Manage 22(10): 503–9 Link, Google ScholarJones R (2016c) Is cytomegalovirus involved in recurring periods of higher than expected death and medical admissions, occurring as clustered outbreaks in the northern and southern hemispheres? Brit J Med Medical Res 11(2): 1–31 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2016d) The unprecedented growth in medical admissions in the UK: the ageing population or a possible infectious/immune aetiology? Epidemiology (Sunnyvale): Open Access 6(1): 1000219 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R (2016e) Rising emergency admissions in the UK and the elephant in the room. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale): Open Access 6(4): 1000261 Google ScholarJones R (2016f) Deaths and the marginal changes in healthcare costs. Brit J Healthc Manage 22(10): 503–09 Link, Google ScholarJones R, Sleet G, Pearce O, Wetherill M (2016) Is the weekend effect in hospital mortality real, or is a fundamental weekly cycle in adult blood biochemistry, health and death a contributory factor? Brit J Med Medical Res 18(5): 1–28 Crossref, Google ScholarPublic Health England (2017) PHE weekly national influenza reports. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/582000/Weekly_national_influenza_report_week_01_2017.pdf (Accessed 15 January 2017) Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 2 February 2017Volume 9Issue 2ISSN (print): 1759-1376ISSN (online): 2041-9457 Metrics History Published online 10 February 2017 Published in print 2 February 2017 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download