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What indicates the number of inpatient present in a healthcare facility @ any given time.
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Census
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The number of inpatient present @ census-taking time each day, + any inpatients who were both admitted after the previous census-taking time and discharged before the next census-taking time.
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Daily Inpatient Census
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The time for taking the inpatient census must always be
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Consistent
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The 3 Measures of Central Tendency are:
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Mean, Median, Mode
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What is the Average or the most often used?
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Mean
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What is the midpoint of a value?
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Median
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What is the most reoccuring value?
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Mode
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What is the # of inpatient beds both occupied & vacant on any given day?
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Bed Count
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What is the sum of inpatient bed count days for each of the days in the period?
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Total Bed Count Days
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The total # of patient days for an inpatient episode, which is calculated by subtracting the date of admission from the date of discharge.
This also judges how efficient a Institution is. |
Length of Stay (LOS)
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Death is a type of
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Discharge or Disposition
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Another word for death is?
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Mortality
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What does DOA mean?
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Dead on arrival.
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True or False
Newborns are always included in children & adults calculations |
False
Newborns are kept separately |
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What does Statistics mean?
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It is the science of gathering, analyzing, interpreting & presenting data.
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Where do we get Health Statistics?
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•Health Record
•Vital Statisitics •Census Data |
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What does Vital Statistics mean?
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Data related to:
Births, Dealths, Fetal Deaths, Marriages |
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Find 63% of 94
NOTE: convert % to decimal, multiply |
answer; 59.22
.63 x 94 = 59.22 |
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Round 4,827 to the nearest
tenth |
4,830
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Round 4,827 to the nearest
hundredth |
4,800
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T or F
When converting a fraction to a percentage, Do you divide the Numerator into the Denomentor and multiply by 100. Rule |
True
Ex. 3/4 3 ÷ 4 = .75 x 100 = 75% |
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T or F
The Health Record is considered a source of primary data |
True
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What is the numerator?
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Top number
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What is the denominator?
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Bottom number
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What is a percentage?
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The number of times something happens out of 100
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What is averaging?
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A mean, to distinguish it from a median and mode. Add all numbers and ÷ it by the number.
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What is data?
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Information, Raw facts
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