Characteristics and Admission Preferences of Pediatric Emergency Patients and Their Waiting Time Prediction Using Electronic Medical Record Data: Retrospective Comparative Analysis

Lin Lin Guo   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Lin Ying Guo   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Jiao Li   ² , PhD ;   Yao Wen Gu   ² , MSc ;   Jia Yang Wang   ² , MSc ;   Ying Cui   ¹ , BSc ;   Qing Qian   ² , MSc ;   Ting Chen   ³ , PhD ;   Rui Jiang   ⁴ , PhD ;   Si Zheng   ^{2, 3} , MSc

¹ Children's Hospital Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

² Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

³ Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

⁴ Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

*these authors contributed equally