Medical nowcasting using Google trends: application in otolaryngology

被引：17

作者：

Braun, Thomas ^{[1
]}

Harreus, Ulrich ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Munich, Dept Otorhinolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, D-81377 Munich, Germany

来源：

EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY | 2013年 / 270卷 / 07期

关键词：

Nowcasting; Google Trends; Search volume; Statistics; Otolaryngology;

D O I：

10.1007/s00405-013-2532-y

中图分类号：

R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];

学科分类号：

100213 ;

摘要：

Google Trends is a valuable new additional tool for medical research, mainly for epidemiological and economical issues, which is fast and inexpensive to use and may be especially helpful when analyzing patient collectives who go to general practitioners or specialists in private practice rather than public or university clinics, where data for statistics are most often collected from.

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页码：2157 / 2160

页数：4