Forecasting Daily Volume and Acuity of Patients in the Emergency Department

Table 1

MSARIMA explanatory variables.

	Variables	Explanation
Calendrical	Month	January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
	Day of the week	Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Climatic	Average temperature	Average temperature in Celsius
	Minimal temperature	Minimal temperature in Celsius
	Maximal temperature	Maximal temperature in Celsius
	Temperature gap	Maximum-minimum temperature in Celsius
	Rain	Amount of rainfall
	Air-velocity	Wind speed in meters/second
	Relative humidity	% relative humidity
	Insolation	Hours of insolation