Allied Health Statistics

Hospital Patient

An individual who receives medical services for which the hospital is responsible

Hospital Inpatient

A patient provided room/board and continuous service. Usually stays overnight.

Hospital Newborn Inpatient

A hospital patient born in the hospital

Hospital Boarder

Receives lodging in hospital but is not a hospital inpatient

Pediatric Patient

Patients under the age of 14

Day on leave of absence

A day occurring after the admission and prior to the discharge of a hospital inpatient when the patient is not present at the census-taking hour because he or she is on leave of absence from the healthcare facility

DIPC

Daily inpatient census. Number of patients present at census taking time each day plus patients who were admitted and discharged after the census taking time the previous day.

IPSD

inpatient service day. A unit of measure denoting the services received by one

inpatient during one 24-hour period.

Postoperative death

Number of deaths 10 days after an operation

indirect maternal death

Maternal death not directly due to obstetric causes but aggravated by the pregnant condition.

Perinatal death

An all-inclusive term that refers to both stillborn infants and neonatal deaths

Hospital Fetal Death

death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother in a hospital

Stillborn Infant

A fetus showing no evidence of life

Neonatal death

The death of a live-born infant within the first 27 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes following the moment of birth (roughly the first month)

Infant death

The death of a live-born infant at any time from the moment of birth to the end of the first year of life

Hospital inpatient autopsy

postmortem exam performed in a hospital on a patient who died during inpatient hospitalization

Length of Stay

the number of days a person stays in a care facility

obestrics

Area related to pregnancy

Puerperium

42 days following delivery

Swing beds

Acute care based beds that can be used to serve as long term beds

A&C

Adults and Children

ACOG

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

A&D

Admitted and Discharged

ADM

Admission

AHA

American Hospital Association

AMA (2)

American Medical Association OR against medical advice

ALOS

average length of stay

CCU

coronary care unit

CEO

chief executive officer

CF

cumulative frequency

cor

coroner

CTT

Census Taking Time

DD

discharge days

DIPC

Daily inpatient census

DIS/DC

discharge

DOA

dead on arrival

ECF

extended care facility

ED

emergency department

ENT

ear, nose, throat

ER

emergency room

f

frequency

HC

Home Care

HMO

health maintenance organization

HP

Hospital pathologist

ICD-9-CM

International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification

ICF

Intermediate Care Facility

ICU

Intensive Care Unit

IP

Inpatient

IPSD

Inpatient Service Day

IRS

Internal Revenue Service

JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

LOS

Length of Stay

LTC

long term care

Med

Medicine

NB

Newborn

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics

Neuro

Neurology

OB

obstetrics

Onco

Oncology

OP

outpatient

Ophth

ophthalmology

Ped

pediatric

PPO

preferred provider organization

PRO

peer review organization

psych

psychiatry, psychology

RCF

residential care facility

snf

skilled nursing facility

ssa

Social Security Administration

trf in

transfer in

trf out

transferred out

č

with

š

without

gross death rate formula

(total deaths/total discharges) *100

Net death rate

(Total IP death - deaths <48 hours) / (total discharges - deaths<48 hours) *100

NB Death Rate

(total NB deaths / Total NB discharges) *100

postoperative death rate

(total surgical deaths <10 days postop / total pts operated on) *100

Anesthesia death rate

(Total deaths caused by anesthetic agents / Total number of anesthetics administered) *100

maternal death rate

(total maternal deaths/ total maternal discharges) *100

fetal death rate

(Total number of intermediate and late fetal deaths / total number of births)

Gross Autopsy Rate Formula

(Total autopsies on inpatient deaths for a period /total inpatient deaths for a period) *100

Net autopsy rate formula

(Total autopsies on inpatient deaths for a period / total inpatient deaths - unautopsied coroners' or medical examiners' cases) *100

Hospital Autopsy rate formula

(Total number of autopsies / number of bodies available for autopsies) *100

NB autopsy rate

(autopsies on NBs / total NB deaths) *100

Hospital infection rate formula

(total number of infections / total number of discharges (including deaths) *100

consultation rate formula

(total number of consultations performed / total number of discharges) *100

Postoperative infection formula

(total number of postoperative infections / total number of operations) *100

bed/bassinet turnover rate (DIRECT)

(Total discharges including death / average bed count) *100

bed/bassinet turnover rate (INDIRECT)

(occupancy ratenumber of days) / ALOS 100

ALOS Formula

(total discharge days (include death exclude NB) / Total discharges (include death exclude NB) ) *100

Avg NB LOS

(Total NB discharge days / total NB discharges)

Maternal mortality rate formula

(deaths due to maternal condition / number of live births) *100000

Perinatal mortality rate formula

(Neonatal deaths + fetal deaths) / (Number of live births +fetal deaths) *1000

Post neonatal mortality rate formula

(number of post neonatal deaths / number of live births) *1000

Fetal mortality rate formula

(number of fetal deaths) / (number of fetal deaths +live births) *1000

Induced termination ratio 1

(induced pregnancy termination / number of live births) *1000

Induced termination of pregnancy rate

(Induced pregnancy terminations / Female population 15-44) *1000

Induced termination ratio 2

(induced pregnancy termination / Induced pregnancy terminations + live births + fetal deaths

prevalence rate definition and formula

Total number of people infected at one time in a population, regardless of when the disease began.

(Known cases of disease / population) *1000

incidence rate definition and formula

the percentage of the general population that is the subject of the market research

(newly reported cases of disease / population at the midperiod) *1000

Complication rate formula

(number of complications / number of patients at risk) *100