Calculating and Reporting Healthcare Statistics Ch 1 questions

have some consistency

To be reliable, statistical information must:

True

Vital statistics are a primary data source from information (T/F).

Data -> Information -> Facts -> Improved understanding -> Better decision making

What is the correct sequence to go from obtaining knowledge to use of that knowledge for decision making?

Disease and operation index

Which of the following is NOT a primary source of statistics? a. health record b. vital statistics c. hospital census d. disease and operation index

d. All of the above.

Which of the following is considered to be a primary source of information? a. The inpatient census b. Vital statistics collected by the NCHS c. The health record d. All of the above e. B and c only

False. Inferential statistics.

Descriptive statistics makes inferences or a best guess about a larger group of data by drawing conclusions from a smaller group of data. (T/F)

1. Secondary 2. Primary 3. Secondary 4. Primary 5. Primary 6. Secondary 7. Secondary

Identify Primary Data Source or Secondary Data Source: 1. Health insurance data pulled from national census 2. Hospital census 3. Productivity reports pulled from patient visit report 4. Patient health record 5. State vital statistics 6. Tumor registry 7. Hospital disease index

relevant and reliable

In order to be useful, the figures used in statistics must be:

is responsible for protecting the health of the people of the United States.

The CDC is the lead agency that:

Vital statistics, such as births, deaths, and fetal deaths in the 50 states and US - owned territories.

The National Center for Health Statistics keeps statistics on:

Hospice

Which user of statistics has the primary job of supporting terminally ill patients and their families?

The term statistics

a branch of mathematics concerned with collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing data.

sample

a small part (a subset) of a larger group of data (a population).

Statistic

refers to a number computed from a larger collection of numbers which collaboratively constitute a sample of data -- for instance, the average value (or mean) of a variable belonging to a sample of data.

To be relevant

refers to the applicability of the statistics.