HIT115-Chapter 3 HW
When must transfers in and transfers out be equal?
The total intrahospital transfers in must always equal the intrahospitals transfers out.
What is an intrahospital transfer?
A change in a medical care unit, medical staff unit, or responsible physician during the patient's hospitalization
At 11:59 p.m. on January 1, Community Hospital census was 321. On January 2, 73 patients were admitted, 24 were discharged, and 3 were admitted and died that day. On their ICU unit the census on January 1 was 12. On January 2, 4 patients were admitted, 3 were discharged, and 1 was admitted and later that day died in the ICU. Answer the following questions and round the answers to whole numbers. A. Calculate the inpatient census for January 2 B. Calculate the hospital daily inpatient census for January 2 C. Calculate the ICU inpatient service days for January 2
A. (321+73) - 24 = 370 B. [(321+73) - 24] +3 = 373 C. [(12+4) - 3] + 1 = 14
In 20XX, a hospital had 150 beds for adults and children from January 1 through June 30. On July 1, the hospital increased its beds to 200 and the number remained 200 through December 31. During the first six months, 27, 813 patient days of service were provided to the hospital's adults and children. During the last six months, 35,873 days of service were provided. Answer the following questions and round the answers to whole numbers. This is a non-leap year. A. What was the average daily inpatient census for the first six months? B. What was the average daily inpatient census for the entire year? C. The same hospital provided 7,890 newborn days of service in its 30-bassinet nursery during the year. What was the average daily newborn census? D. The same hospital's surgery unit has 45 beds. During July, the unit provided 2,002 days of service. What was the average daily inpatient census for the surgery unit in July?
A. January (31) + February (28) + March (31) + April (30) + May (31) + June (30)=181 days 27,813/181= 154
Differentiate between the terms inpatient census and daily inpatient census .
Inpatient census is the number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at a given time. Daily inpatient census is the number of inpatients present at the census-taking time each day, plus any inpatients who were both admitted after the previous census-taking and discharged before the next census-taking time.
Is it possible that the transfers into a patient care unit may not equal the transfers out of the same patient care unit on the same day?
Yes, there may be an instances when more patients are transferred into a patient care unit than transferred out of the unit.
