Improved long-term time-series predictions of total blood use data from England

Anita K. Nandi*, David J. Roberts, Asoke K. Nandi

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Abstract

Background: Red blood cells are essential for modern medicine but managing their collection and supply to cope with fluctuating demands represents a major challenge. As deterministic models based on predicted population changes have been problematic, there remains a need for more precise and reliable prediction of use. Here, we develop three new time-series methods to predict red cell use 4 to 52 weeks ahead. Study Design and Methods: From daily aggregates of red blood cell (RBC) units issued from 2005 to 2011 from the NHS Blood and Transplant, we generated a new set of non-overlapping weekly data by summing the daily data over 7 days and derived the average blood use per week over 4-week and 52-week periods. We used three new methods for linear prediction of blood use by computing the coefficients using Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) algorithm. Results: We optimized the time-window size, order of the prediction, and order of the polynomial fit for our data set. By exploiting the annual periodicity of the data, we achieved significant improvements in long-term predictions, as well as modest improvements in short-term predictions. The new methods predicted mean RBC use with a standard deviation of the percentage error of 2.5% for 4 weeks ahead and 3.4% for 52 weeks ahead. Conclusion: This paradigm allows short- and long-term prediction of RBC use and could provide reliable and precise prediction up to 52 weeks ahead to improve the efficiency of blood services and sufficiency of blood supply with reduced costs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2307-2318
Number of pages12
JournalTransfusion
Volume60
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2020
Externally publishedYes

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© 2020 The Authors. Transfusion published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. on behalf of AABB.

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