HIM 366 Final Exam Review

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Other names for Inpatient Bed Count

- Bed complement - Bed capacity

Other names for Discharge Days

- Days of stay - Inpatient days of stay - Duration of inpatient hospitalization

Other names for Inpatient Service Days

- Patient day - Inpatient day - Bed occupancy day - Census day

Other names for Bed Occupancy Ratio/Percentage

- Percent of occupancy - Occupancy rate - Occupancy percent - Percentage of occupancy - Occupancy ratio

How many days are in a leap year?

366 - There is an extra day added on to February (29 days instead of the normal 28 days).

Leave of Absence Days

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 the patient is on leave from the facility.

Bed Count Days

A unit of measure denoting the presence of one inpatient bed (either occupied or vacant) set up and staffed for use in one 24-hour period.

Inpatient Service Day

A unit of measurement denoting the services received by one inpatient in one 24-hour period.

What does inpatient bed count exclude?

Beds in: - Treatment rooms - Examining rooms - Emergency services - Physical therapy - Labor rooms - Recovery rooms - Newborn beds, called bassinets, which are computed separately from the bed count.

Discharge Days

Days compiled on the patient after he or she has been discharged from the hospital.

Direct Maternal Death

Direct obstetric death is directly related to the pregnancy.

Early fetal death

Fewer than 20 weeks of gestation and a weight of 500 grams or less

Discharge Days Example

For a patient admitted on January 30 and discharged on February 4, subtract January 30 from January 31 and add the 4 days in February (31-30 = 1 + 4 days in February = 5 days)

Daily Inpatient Census

Includes the number of inpatients present on the PCU at the census-taking time each day and any inpatients who were both admitted after the previous census-taking time and discharged before the next census-taking time.

Inpatient Census

Indicates the number of patients present in the healthcare facility at a particular point in time. Inpatient census-taking time is usually at midnight but may occur at any time as long as the time is adhered to consistently for the entire facility.

Indirect Maternal Death

Not directly due to obstetric causes, even though the physiologic effects of pregnancy are partially responsible for the death.

A&D

Patients admitted and discharged on the same day.

Transfer

Refers to intra-facility.

Change in Bed Count

Represents a permanent change and is not designed to meet and emergency situation.

Total Inpatient Service Days

Sum of all the inpatient service days in the period under consideration.

Average Length of Stay

The average number of days inpatients discharged during the period under consideration stayed in the hospital.

Inpatient Bed Count

The number of available facility inpatient beds, both occupied and vacant, on any given day.

Newborn Bassinet Count

The number of available hospital newborn bassinets, both occupied and vacant, on any given day.

Length of Stay

The number of calendar days a patient stays in the hospital, from admission to discharge.

Bed Occupancy Ratio/Percentage

The ratio of inpatient service days to bed count days in the period under consideration.

Total Length of Stay

The sum of the days' stay of any group of inpatients discharged during a specified period of time (Also called total discharge days)

Intermediate fetal death

Twenty completed weeks of gestation (but less than 28 weeks) and a weight of 501 to 1,000 grams

Late fetal death

Twenty-eight completed weeks of gestation and a weight of 1,001 grams or more


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