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Medical nowcasting using Google trends: application in otolaryngology

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology volume 270, pages 2157–2160 (2013)Cite this article

Abstract

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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  1. Choi H, Varian HR (2009) Predicting the present with Google Trends (April 2, 2009). Google Research Blog http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2009/04/predicting-present-with-google-trends.html. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1659302 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1659302

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Braun & Ulrich Harréus

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Braun, T., Harréus, U. Medical nowcasting using Google trends: application in otolaryngology. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 270, 2157–2160 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2532-y

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Keywords

  • Nowcasting
  • Google Trends
  • Search volume
  • Statistics
  • Otolaryngology