STATS Multiple choice

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A _______ is an excellent choice for representing categorical or nominal data, like gender, race, marital status, and zip code, where the bars do not touch because the data is not continuous

bar chart

A ____ also uses the x and y axis but uses columns instead of a coordinate of the two axes.

bar graph

Which presentation type is NOT continuous?

bar graph

The number of beds in the facility specifically designated for newborns is:

bassinet count

The number of beds in the facility that are staffed and ready for patients, whether they are occupied or not is referred to as what?

bed count

This names the individual columns by captions or column titles.

box head

What is the LOS for Sam Jones who was admitted to Sunny View Nursing Home on March 3rd and died on July 18th?

137 days

East-Side Hospital July, 2014 The gross autopsy rate is:

15.15%

East-Side Hospital July, 2014 The net autopsy rate is:

16.13%

What is the LOS for Jane Smith who was admitted to Hallmark Hospital on January 14th and transferred to Sunny View Nursing Home on February 2nd?

19 days

Winter Valley Hospital reports 36 inpatient deaths in the month of March. Of those deaths, seven are autopsied in the hospital, two are removed by the medical examiner, and three bodies of former patients (two home health care patients and one outpatient) are returned to the hospital for autopsy. What is the gross autopsy rate?

19.44%

Last year, your facility had 149 total deaths. 21 of the 149 total deaths occurred less than 48 hours after admission, and there were 6,471 total discharges. Calculate the gross mortality rate.

2.3%

A hospital has 679 discharges for the month of May with an average bed count of 280 beds. What is the direct bed turnover rate for the month of May?

2.4 beds per month

One of Selena's hospitals maintained 200 beds each day in the month of September, which has 30 days. The IPSDs for that period are 4250.

71%

At Happy Valley Hospital, 25 appendectomies were performed in the first quarter (January, February, and March). Two patients developed a postop infection within 48 hours, and another two patients died after surgery. What is Happy Valley Hospital's appendectomy postop infection rate for the first quarter?

8%

During the month of July, a total of 987 anesthetics were administered. One patient death was attributed to the anesthetic agent that was used in surgery.

0.10%

During October, Good Samaritan Medical Center reported 1 maternal death and 215 obstetrical discharges, including deaths. What was the maternal mortality rate for October?

0.47%

What is the LOS for Jane Doe who was admitted on May 25th and discharged on June 5th?

11 days

In the month of September, there were 11 deaths reported that were within 10 days of surgery with 96 surgical patients. What was the postop death rate?

11.46%

Calculate the postoperative infection rate if there were 24 infections and 204 clean surgical procedures.

11.8%

Winter Valley Hospital reports 36 inpatient deaths in the month of March. Of those deaths, seven are autopsied in the hospital, two are removed by the medical examiner, and three bodies of former patients (two home health care patients and one outpatient) are returned to the hospital for autopsy. What is the net autopsy rate?

20.59%

What is the LOS for a patient admitted to Sunny View Nursing Home on May 7th and discharged on November 24th?

201 days

Pain Free Hospital with its 300 - bed count has 2,100 service days in July. What is the inpatient bed occupancy percentage?

22.6%

A patient is admitted on November 1 to a substance abuse rehabilitation facility. On November 20, he is granted a 48-hour pass to spend time with his family. He returns and is discharged on November 24. What are his total discharge days?

23 days

Saint Mar's Hospital evaluated their after-surgery complication data for the previous 6 months. Of the 88 patients who had surgery, the following complications were found. What is the complication rate for infections?

29.5%

What is the LOS for a patient admitted to General Hospital on December 30th and discharged on January 2nd?

3 days

Happy Valley Hospital has 27 deaths in June. During the same month there were 700 total discharges, including deaths. What was the net death rate for June?

3.86%

An acute care facility can be expected to treat inpatients on an average of how many days or less?

30 days

A hospital with 28 beds in a unit is rarely at capacity. After much deliberation, the number of available beds was reduced to 20 in July, and remained at 20 for the rest of the year. The total IPSDs for that unit from January to June were 1,722. The occupancy rate for the first 6 months of the year is:

34%

On May 17, there were 34 patients on the surgical unit of Palm Glades Medical Center. During the following 24 hours, there were 7 admissions, 5 patients discharged to home, 2 of the 7 admissions died later that day, 3 individuals transferred to another unit, and 4 patients transferred in. What is the 11:59 census on May 18?

35 patients

A hospital unit is set up and staffed with 44 beds. The hospital's census taking time is midnight. At midnight, there are 41 patients occupying 41 of the 44 beds. During the next 24 hours, 7 more patients are admitted, while 12 of the patients are discharged. What would the census be the following midnight?

36 patients

A hospital reports the following statistics for the past year: births, 1,345; deliveries, 1,340; C-sections, 60; and obstetrical discharges, 1,425. The C-section rate for that year is:

4.48%

During the month of January, 33 inpatient deaths occurred. Among these were three deaths that had to be reported to the medical examiner. Two of these bodies were removed from the hospital, and no hospital autopsy was performed. A hospital autopsy was performed on the other case. This was one of the 14 autopsies performed following inpatient deaths during the month. In addition to the 14 autopsies performed on inpatient death, hospital autopsies were performed on 4 former patients.What is the gross autopsy rate?

42.42%

What percentage of patients were male of those discharged in May 2017? Rounded to the nearest decimal.

44.8%

During the month of January, 33 inpatient deaths occurred. Among these were three deaths that had to be reported to the medical examiner. Two of these bodies were removed from the hospital, and no hospital autopsy was performed. A hospital autopsy was performed on the other case. This was one of the 14 autopsies performed following inpatient deaths during the month. In addition to the 14 autopsies performed on inpatient death, hospital autopsies were performed on 4 former patients.What is the net autopsy rate?

45.16%

What is the retrospective HAI rate if a hospital noticed 29 infections within 48 hours after hospitalization if there were 64 discharges within those same 48 hours?

45.3%

aint Mar's Hospital evaluated their after-surgery complication data for the previous 6 months. Of the 88 patients who had surgery, the following complications were found. What is the complication rate for fevers?

47.7%

In September 20XX, the newborn unit at Blu Sky Memorial Hospital reported four stillbirths and two newborn deaths. An autopsy was performed on one of the newborns and two stillbirths. Calculate (round to two decimal places) the newborn autopsy rate for September.

50%

During the month of January, 33 inpatient deaths occurred. Among these were three deaths that had to be reported to the medical examiner. Two of these bodies were removed from the hospital, and no hospital autopsy was performed. A hospital autopsy was performed on the other case. This was one of the 14 autopsies performed following inpatient deaths during the month. In addition to the 14 autopsies performed on inpatient death, hospital autopsies were performed on 4 former patients. What is the adjusted hospital autopsy rate?

51.43%

What percentage of patients were female of those discharged in March 2017? Rounded to the nearest decimal.

53.2%

What is the LOS for a patient admitted to General Hospital on June 28th and discharged on July 4th?

6 days

One of Selena's hospitals maintained 200 beds each day in the month of September, which has 30 days. The IPSDs for that period are 4250.

6,000

Fair Haven Nursing Facility, which houses 115 residents, discovered that seven elderly residents died last week. What was last week's mortality rate?

6.1% resident mortality rate

If 26 patients were seen by a consultant, and 40 patients were discharged (six of these patients died), what was the consultation rate?

65%

Round off the following number to the second decimal digit: 9.0072

9.01

Your health care facility wants to measure the number of health care-associated infections present during a month of discharged patients (gross retrospective infection rate). There were 12 infections during the month of October and a total of 131 discharges during October.

9.2%

Rocky Top Hospital is a medium-sized facility licensed for 400 beds. They staffed 360 beds on Monday. On that same day, there were 347 patients in the census, and 2 patients who were admitted that same day died, for a total of 349 IPSDs. What was the patient occupancy for Monday?

97%

Which type of facility handles inpatients whose illness or injury arises swiftly or severely?

acute care

The ________ of a table needs to give a quick and complete snapshot of the data within.

title

The horizontal axis that is used to place the independent variables is also called what?

x-axis

The vertical axis that records the frequency of the dependent variable is also called what?

y axis

Hospital - acquired conditions are not preventable

false

Additional explanations for elements of the table or anything that is not displayed within the body of the table or the source explanation are called what?

footnotes

_______ tables are obvious displays of data that show how many of a category appears for each class interval.

frequency

You are asked to build a graphic display of data showing the frequency of cancer incidence among age groups ranging from 1 to 10, 11 to 20, 21 to 30, 31 to 40, 41 to 50, 51 to 60, 61 to 70, 71 to 80, and 81 to 90. Which data presentation method would you choose?

histogram

What are used to display continuous data that has been organized into a series of intervals?

histograms

Which of the following is NOT an example of an outpatient facility?

intensive care unit

If you were tasked with displaying census data over a 50-year interval, which data presentation method would you choose to display it?

line graph

The data displayed on a heart rate monitor machine is an example of what

line graph

is best used to illustrate trends in the frequency of data.

line graph

Which type of facility specializes in treating inpatients who tend to stay, on average, 30 days or more?

long-term care

Name the three measures of central tendency:

mean, median and mode.

If a patient is discharged with a/an _____ diagnosis that is a hospital-acquired condition, the hospital will _____ reimbursed for the treatment of that condition.

new; not be

Which of the following is an example of a long-term care facility?

nursing home

__ are cared for within the same calendar day.

outpatient

patient encounters occur in ________ facilities.

outpatient

The significant figures, or the number of digits for decimal places, are referred to as ______ and should be the same for any decimals used.

percision

What uses icons instead of numbers to represent units of data?

pictograms

Which type of data representation is best used to show comparisons of the proportions of categories to each other?

pie chart

A _____ table works by automatically extracting the information you want to see and summarizing the information in a smaller, separate table.

pivot

One feature that data analysts use frequently to summarize the data in a lengthy table is called a ______ table.

pivot table

A ______ helps visualize suspected cause and effect relationships between independent and dependent variables.

scatter diagram

Which type of presentation method shows actual data points that can be used to examine relationships (like medicine and test results)?

scatter diagram

Which type of facility treats patients with chronic, incurable illnesses, and offers a range of nursing and auxiliary health care services?

skilled nursing facility

of the data tells the reader the origin of the data and allows him or her to reproduce the study using the same data if necessary or desired.

source

_ may be either acute or long-term care, depending on what is needed.

swing beds

Which of the following is a display of data in rows and columns?

table

You have collected nutritional information. Which data presentation method would you choose to display it?

table

The general structure of the table is referred to as what?

table shell

A list of procedures performed over certain period of time is called what?

Procedure index

Which of the following is NOT an example of inpatient facility?

Radiology facility

You cannot perform mathematical calculations on which type of data?

categorical

_ are treated overnight and requires a physician's order for treatment

inpatient

In September, Newtown Hospital has 2 newborn deaths and 105 newborn discharges, including the deaths. What was the newborn mortality rate for September?

1.90%

Last year, your facility had 149 total deaths. 41 of the 149 total deaths occurred less than 48 hours after admission, and there were 6,471 total discharges. Calculate the net mortality rate.

1.64%

Which of the following is a disadvantage of a line graph?

Exact data values may not be available.

What type of occurrence happens after a patient has been admitted to the hospital?

Hospital-acquired conditions

Which of the following is an example of a complication?

Incorrectly administering a medication that causes harm

What is a measure of the use of hospital services, representing the care provided to one inpatient during a 24-hour period?

Inpatient service days

What is the LOS for John Doe who was treated in the emergency room at Hallmark Hospital on November 1st but died from his injuries on November 2nd prior to admission?

LOS is for inpatients and John was never admitted

Which type of autopsy is performed to investigate the cause of death?

Medicolegal

Which of the following is not an example of a hospital-acquired condition?

Patient medication nonadherence

What is the most common type of hospital infection?

Surgical site infections (SSIs)

Which of the following is an advantage of pictograms?

They are an attractive way to present data.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of pictograms?

They may possibly distort the data.

What is the ultimate goal of health care statistics?

To organize the data into a format that can be used to make decisions

The intersection of a column and a row is referred to as a ________.

cell

Two variable tables (like the number of discharges by gender and month) are referred to as what type of tables?

contingency table

The location of the data point that is to be plotted is called a _______.

coordinate

What is the most common type of discharge disposition?

discharge to home


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