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Some years ago I adapted the Erlang B equation into the equivalent to Hospital bed occupancy and admissions turned-away. I have forgotten how I did this. How do I turn the offered load in Erlangs...
03 April 2024 357 0 View
I am looking to compare the slope of the relationship between hospital bed demand and age standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) between countries using different standard populations. Is it...
19 March 2024 364 1 View
I am having difficulty locating references regarding the timeline for antibody production after vaccination. I am specifically interested in the events happening in the first 21 days after...
13 July 2023 8,415 9 View
I have some data relating to the value of a variable which looks to be a type of extreeme value distribution. I have 40 years data with 1 value per year. The raw data is attached as a Excel...
18 March 2022 570 2 View
Can anyone help me with data on influenza vaccination rates among the elderly (age 65+) in Latin American and Carribean countries?
05 January 2022 295 3 View
As you will be aware influenza vaccine effectiveness is calculated based on a sample of persons infected with influenza who have and have not been vaccinated. Is anyone aware of studies on the...
04 November 2021 6,416 0 View
I am drafting a paper on the number of hospital beds in the different States of the US and find that half of US States have bed provision equivalent to the less developed countries. This leads to...
17 April 2020 2,959 10 View
As you will all be aware the Spanish flu (1918-1920) came in two waves, after which it seemingly disappeared from history. This seems highly unusual. can any influenza experts explain why this is so?
08 October 2019 7,054 0 View
Do all pathogens increase the ESR, or do some increase it far less than others, or not at all?
08 March 2018 9,666 3 View
For the past nine years I have been investigating outbreaks of a novel agent which appears to work via indirect immune manipulation. These outbreaks lead to extended periods of higher deaths and...
19 February 2018 8,225 2 View
Have been investigating on/off switching in deaths and single-year-of-age patterns. See sections on deaths, etc in the attached list of publications...
03 December 2017 9,609 3 View
Populations around the world are showing increased longevity. Is there any evidence that this has been accompanied by slower biological ageing, or is the improvement simply due to antibiotics and...
16 March 2017 1,874 3 View
Have come across a strange lagged response to an infectious agent where females seem to respond far more rapidly than males. Is there anything in the literature regarding profound differences in...
16 February 2016 9,817 4 View
Have been documenting an international series of infectious-like events in which deaths and medical admissions simultaneously rise in what can be best described as a rectangular wave effect. Have...
09 October 2015 8,359 6 View
I have been documenting strange step-like changes in deaths in a number of countries and would like others to check and see if these observations can be replicated using small-area death...
08 October 2015 9,972 25 View
Does anyone have any clinical experience of measuring CRP in cases of CMV infection either alone or in conjunction with other pathogens and of the potential roles for CRP in CMV re-activation or...
30 July 2014 1,413 5 View
See above
19 May 2014 5,920 2 View
Better still if the agent were capable of re-activating herpes viruses.
15 April 2014 6,122 4 View
Is anyone aware of an infectious agent capable of re-activating herpes viruses in general and CMV in particular? The agent must be capable of a respiratory phase of infection and show long-term...
15 April 2014 4,832 0 View
Analysis of a time series of monthly deaths in Scotland from 1990 to 2012 shows evidence for a series of infectious like events which also appear to be linked to increases in ED attendance,...
22 March 2014 3,017 3 View
Many countries across Europe experienced an unexpected increase in mortality in 2012. Has anyone done any further research into this issue? Was this issue wider than Europe?
10 December 2013 2,274 2 View
The two attached papers indicate that the trends in Engalnd are driven by factors than the demographic shift. Comments and observations welcome. http://www.hcaf.biz/2013/Elderly_Trends.pdf
17 November 2013 5,095 2 View
Outbreaks of a new type of infectious disease can be discerned in western health care systems at around 5-6 years apart. Each outbreak is associated with an increase in emergency medical...
30 October 2013 922 3 View
It is known that outbreaks of infectious diseases follow long-term cycles but is it possible that health care costs may also follow such cycles? Is anyone aware of any research in this area or of...
06 October 2013 5,144 2 View
There has been recent alarm in the UK regarding a rapid increase in ED attendances which I suspect is far wider than just the UK. Any observations from elsewhere in the world?
15 September 2013 7,475 7 View
An unexpected increase in A&E (ED) attendances in England has been in the newspapers for some time with multiple opinions as to the cause(s). See attachment. I would be interested to hear if this...
16 June 2013 3,759 2 View
In 1993, 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2012 the UK saw an unexpected and unexplained increase in deaths, emergency medical admissions, emergency department attendances and GP referrals. These events appear...
10 May 2013 9,924 3 View
Around 2002 and 2007 there were two events leading to a spike in deaths across the UK where I have inferred a spatial spread of excess deaths. See attachment. Are there any factors other than the...
16 March 2013 2,115 13 View
Have recently published two papers which describe a new type of infectious-like outbreak. First describes spread of increased GP referral and second describes spread of excess deaths. Use the...
05 October 2012 3,555 1 View
