Unit 2 Healthcare Stats

Which of the following is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health of the US population?

Food and Drug Administration

Department of Health and Human Services

Environmental Protection Agency

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Which of the following is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health of the US population?

Food and Drug Administration

Department of Health and Human Services

Environmental Protection Agency

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Which of the following are unprocessed facts and figures?

Knowledge

Data

Numbers

Statistics

Data

A piece of information representing the truth is called which of the following?

Data

Knowledge

A fact

A statistic

A fact

Health statistics provide information about the health of which of the following?

Terminally ill patients

Family practices

The population in general

Healthcare employees

The population in general

Which of the following is considered a source of primary data?

The master patient index

The Department of Health and Human Services

The health record

The card catalog

The Health Record

A census is defined as which of the following?

A collection of data

A count of a particular population

A survey conducted with a small group

A bureau of research specialists

A count of a particular population

What is the term given to describe the count of patients present at a specific time and in a particular place in a hospital setting?

A case-mix report

A diagnosis-related group.

An MS-DRG category

An inpatient census

An inpatient census

What are statistics called that refer to important events in our lives, such as births, marriages, deaths, and divorces.

Vital statistics

Human statistics

Population statistics

Health statistics

Vital Statistics

Which of the following is a single item or datum calculated from and representing a collection of items?

A sample

A statistic

Data

A fact

A statistic

Data is the same thing as information.

True

False

False

A group of 16 men and 24 women have hypertension.  Express the ratio of men with hypertension to women with hypertension.  Calculate the ratio to its simplest form.

4:6

8:12

2:3

16:22

2:3

A group of 106 children are seen at the Hematology Specialty Clinic in a week.  Thirty-six have Classic Hemophilia Type A; 70 have other medical bleeding and blood disorders.  What is the proportion of people in the group that have Classic Hemophilia Type A?  Express in a decimal; round to 2 digits after the decimal.

33.96

0.33

0.34

3.39

0.34

A GYN sees 75 patients in one week.  Forty-two were seen for their annual preventive exam and received Pap smears.  Calculate the ratio of Pap smears performed in the week to the number of patients seen in the week.  Express as a percentage.

74.67%

0.56

56%

56%

Patient accounting for a large hospital system has 170 full-time employees and 20% are out with the Norovirus.  What is the ratio of employees that are sick to how many employees are healthy?

20 sick/150 healthy

34 sick/136 healthy

63 sick/170 healthy

136 sick/34 healthy

34 sick/136 healthy

An insurance company has 10,276 subscribers who have a chiropractic benefit of $500.00 per calendar year.  At the end of the year, it was determined that 3,221 subscribers maxed out their $500.00 benefit.  What is the rate, expressed in a percent (round to 2 digits after the decimal) who have maxed out their chiropractic benefit for the year?

31.34%

Compute the average daily newborn census for a 100-bed hospital, 10-bassinet hospital with 2,589 inpatient service days for adults and children and 257 inpatient service days for newborns during September.  Round your answer to a whole number.

10

9

6

85

9

The difference between the inpatient census and the daily inpatient census is that any patient admitted and discharged the same day are added to:

Both answers are correct

None of the answers are correct

The 12:01am (or other designated time) head count to compute the daily census

the inpatient census to compute the daily inpatient census

Both answers are correct

Which of the following should be used when calculating the number of inpatients who received service on a particular day?

The daily inpatient census

The inpatient census

Inpatient service days and inpatient census

Total inpatient service days

Total inpatient service days

The time for taking the inpatient census must always be:

12:00pm

Variable

11:59am

Consistent

Consistent

At census-taking time, a patient who has been transferred into a unit is:

Not counted

Counted in both units

Counted where he/she is

Counted where he/she came from

Counted where he/she is

The inpatient census at 12:01am is 57 patients.  Two patients were admitted at 1:00pm - one patient died at 3:15pm and the other patient was discharged at 10:00pm.  What are the inpatient service days for that day?

55

57

59

50

59

Patient day or inpatient day is more correctly termed:

Inpatient service day

Daily inpatient census

Inpatient census

Total inpatient service day(s)

Inpatient Service Day

Santa Fe Hospital's Burn unit has 7 beds.  The inpatient service days for January were 199.  What is the average daily inpatient census for the Burn unit during January?  Round your answer to a whole number.

6

In the event of a disaster, extra beds may be set up to meet the immediate needs of the situation.  And, these beds will be part of the bed count.

True

False

False

CON - Certificate of Need

May be required when a hospital wants to add a major piece of medical equipment.

Bed Turnover Rate

The number of times a bed, on average, changes occupants for a period, or the average number of admissions per bed per time period.

Bed Capacity

Denotes the number of beds a facility has been designed and constructed for.

Bed Occupancy Rate

Percent of Occupancy, Percentage of Occupancy, Occupancy Ratio

Bed Count Day

A unit of measure denoting the presence of one inpatient bed set up and staffed for one 24-hour period.

Bed Count/Inpatient Bed Count

The number of available hospital inpatient beds.

A hospital compiled the following annual statistics for 2015 (non-leap year)

Gator Town Community Hospital

Annual Statistics, 2015

January - June

     Inpatient Service Days:  32,785          Bed Count  175

July - December

     Inpatient Service Days:    34,986        Bed Count:  200

December 31 only

     Inpatient Service Days:     201            Bed Count:  200

Newborn

     Inpatient Service Days:     12,372        Bed Count:  40

Select the correct answer to each of the following questions, rounding to one decimal place.

Question:  The inpatient occupancy rate (without newborns) for 2015 was:

18.5%

99.0%

37.4%

98.7%

99.0%

A hospital compiled the following annual statistics for 2015 (non-leap year)

Gator Town Community Hospital

Annual Statistics, 2015

January - June

     Inpatient Service Days:  32,785          Bed Count  175

July - December

     Inpatient Service Days:    34,986        Bed Count:  200

December 31 only

     Inpatient Service Days:     201            Bed Count:  200

Newborn

     Inpatient Service Days:     12,372        Bed Count:  40

Select the correct answer to each of the following questions, rounding to one decimal place.

Question: The bed occupancy rate for December 31 was:

100.0%

92.5%

77.1%

100.5%

100.5%

Gainesville Community Hospital

Annual Statistics 2015 (non-leap year)

200 beds

Patient discharged (includes deaths):  6,500

Average length of stay:  9 days

Bed occupancy rate:  80%

Question:  Apply the direct formula for the turnover rate.  Round to one decimal point.

32.5

Using the spreadsheet below, What is the spreadsheet's formula for Total Daily Census for ALL Units (in cell D53)?

Using the spreadsheet  below, What is the spreadsheet's formula for Newborn Percentage of Occupancy for January (in cell F30)?

Using the spreadsheet below, the formula to determine the total number of transcription service providers (in cell D14) is: =count(A3:A8)