Forecasting blood demand for different blood groups in Shiraz using auto regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and artificial neural network (ANN) and a hybrid approaches

Abstract

Providing fresh blood to keep people in need of blood alive, has always been a main issues of health systems. Right policy-making in this area requires accurate forecasting of blood demand. The current study aimed at predicting demand for different blood groups in Shiraz using Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and a hybrid approaches. In the current time series analysis, monthly data of the Shiraz hospitals and medical centers demand for 8 blood groups during 2012–2019 were gathered from Shiraz branch of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization. ARIMA, ANN and a hybrid model of them was used for prediction. To validate and comprise ARIMA and ANN models, Mean Square Error (MSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) criteria were used. Finally, ARIMA, ANN and hybrid model estimates were compared to actual data for the last 12 months. R3.6.3 were used for statistical analysis. Based on the MSE and MAE of models, ARIMA had the best prediction for demand of all blood groups except O+ and O−. Moreover, for most blood groups, ARIMA had closer prediction to actual data. The demand for four blood groups (mostly negative groups) was increasing and the demand for other four blood groups (mostly positive ones) was decreasing. All three approaches including ARIMA, ANN and the hybrid of them predicted an almost downward trend for the total blood demand. Differences in the performance of various models could be due to the reasons such as different forecast horizons, daily/month/annual data, different sample sizes, types of demand variables and the transformation applied on them, and finally different blood demand behaviors in communities. Advances in surgical techniques, fetal screening, reduction of accidents leading to heavy bleeding, and the modified pattern of blood request for surgeries appeared to have been effective in reducing the demand trend in the current study. However, a longer time period would certainly provide more accurate estimates.

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