Recent medical errors at Benson Memorial Hospital have resulted in the development of an extensive Patient Safety Improvement Program, led by patient safety officers who are responsible for analysing trends and identifying opportunities for improving patient safety. A key element of this program is ensuring adequate staff are available to provide care. In order to develop such staffing models, the hospital must be able to predict patient inflows at a more granular level. Table depicts patient admissions data for Benson Memorial's intensive care unit. Tabie 1 a. Develop a linear regression model using this daily/monthly patient admissions data to predict the inflow of patient admissions. b. Predict admissions for January, February, and March of the following year. c. Develop monthly and daily indexes for patient admissions. d. Using the daily indexes technique, develop the monthly adjusted predictions for January, February, and March as well as for Monday through Friday in these months..

1. Recent medical errors at Benson Memorial Hospital have resulted in the development of an
extensive Patient Safety Improvement Program, led by patient safety officers who are
responsible for analysing trends and identifying opportunities for improving patient safety. A key
element of this program is ensuring adequate staff are available to provide care. In order to
develop such staffing models, the hospital must be able to predict patient inflows at a more
granular level. Table depicts patient admissions data for Benson Memorial's intensive care unit.
Tabie 1 a. Develop a linear regression model using this daily/monthly patient admissions data to
predict the inflow of patient admissions. b. Predict admissions for January, February, and March
of the following year. c. Develop monthly and daily indexes for patient admissions. d. Using the
daily indexes technique, develop the monthly adjusted predictions for January, February, and
March as well as for Monday through Friday in these months.