Statistics Chapter 5
A patient is admitted to the hospital at 8:00 AM and is discharged at 8:00 PM the same day. The inpatient service day for this patient is ____.
1 day
If Healthy Hospital had 1,000 inpatient service days for the month of August, the average daily census, rounded to the nearest whole number, is ____________________.
32
During the past year, Healthy Hospital reported 20,932 A&C discharges. A total of 136,330 days of care were rendered to these patients. Inpatient service days for the year were 136,651. Compute the average daily census for the year, round to two decimal places.
374.39
A patient was admitted to the hospital on February 15 of a leap year and discharged April 3 of the same year. The correct number of patient days of care were provided is ____________________.
48
During the period of March, April, and May, a 65-bed hospital had 5,280 inpatient service days. What was the average daily inpatient census for that period? Round to two decimal places.
57.39
The inpatient census at midnight is 75. Four patients were admitted in the morning; one died 4 hours later; three were transferred to another facility the same day. The inpatient service days for that day will be ____.
79
When would a newborn be considered an Admission & Discharge (A&D)?
Born and died the same day Transferred out of the nursery the day of birth Discharged from the hospital the same day of birth All of the above
How does the daily inpatient census differ from the inpatient census?
Daily includes A&Ds
Mrs. Smith was admitted to the hospital at 11:50 PM on March 3, 2007. She died at 5:00 PM on March 6, 2007. Who many inpatient service days did Mrs. Smith receive?
Four
The daily inpatient census is correctly defined as the number of inpatients present at census-taking time each day plus the number of inpatients who were both admitted and discharged after the census-taking time the previous day.
True
The abbreviation ADT represents ____________________, ____________________, ____________________.
admissions, discharges, transfers
Which term defines the average number of inpatients in Healthy Hospital each day for a given period of time?
average daily census
Identify the following formula: Total inpatient service days for a period / Total number of days in the period.
average daily inpatient census
The correct term to describe the number of patients occupying beds in the hospital at any given time is ____________________.
census
Which term describes a patient who dies in the ambulance on the way to the hospital?
classified as dead on arrival (DOA)
When computing the average daily inpatient census, the ______________________________ is/are the number(s) used in the denominator.
days in the period
The number of patients present at any one time in the hospital is defined as the _________________________.
inpatient census
The ___________________________________ is the term that applies to a unit of service received by one inpatient in one 24-hour period.
inpatient service day
Which number makes up the denominator when computing the average daily census for a clinical unit?
total number of days in a period
