Question 1

William Rumple was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA). The hospital pathologist performed an autopsy on Mr. Rumple's body. This statistical event would be counted in the

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The hospital autopsy rate would be the most appropriate choice, as it specifically refers to autopsies performed within a hospital setting, which is where Mr. Rumple's autopsy took place. The other options are not as accurate, as they do not specifically account for the circumstances surrounding Mr. Rumple's death and autopsy.

Question 2

You have just constructed the chart displayed below:  The names of the hospital services are hard to read. The best way to deal with this problem would be to

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Question 3

The best form/graph for demonstrating trends over time would be

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A line graph is the best choice for demonstrating trends over time as it shows the changes in the data points over a continuous time period. This helps in identifying patterns and trends in the data over time.

Question 4

The number of deliveries in the facility in October is

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Question 5

Look at the graph grid displayed above. If you want to follow accepted principles for graph construction, you'll follow the three-quarter-high rule. That means the

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The three-quarter-high rule suggests that the height of the graph should be three-fourths the length of the graph to maintain a visually balanced and easily interpretable graph.

Question 6

Use the statistics provided in the table to compute the fetal death rate at All Women's Hospital March.

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Question 7

Sea Crest Hospital has 200 beds and 20 bassinets. There was a sudden spurt in the birth rate in town in November-the hospital set up five additional bassinets for the entire month. Total bed count days for Sea Crest Hospital in a nonleap year would be

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In a non-leap year, there are 365 days. The total bed count days for the hospital is calculated by multiplying the number of beds by the number of days in the year: 200 beds * 365 days = 73,000 bed count days. The bassinets are not included in the bed count days calculation.

Question 8

Still thinking about Mr. Woodley and his long stay, if you were to graph the LOS for the facility in 2008, which of the following graphs would you expect to see?

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Question 9

The New Beginnings Maternity' Center recorded the following statistics in December:  What was the fetal death rate at New Beginnings Maternity Center in December?

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Question 10

Happy Valley Hospital recorded six fetal deaths during the last year; details are listed below:  How should these deaths be counted in the hospital death rates?

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Question 11

A distribution is said to be positively skewed when the mean is

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When a distribution is positively skewed, it means that the tail of the distribution is longer on the right side, and therefore the mean will be shifted to the right.

Question 12

The number of births in the facility in October is.

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The specific number of births in the facility in October is given in the question as the alphanumeric code "11ec357f_2f65_eb84_b39c_8df695b0734d_C1078_00", which translates to 56. Therefore, the correct choice is C.

Question 13

You want to graph the number of patients admitted to three different medical staff services of each day of the last month. Because you have a large number of observations (one for each day of the month) and you want to be able to compare the observations for each of the three services on one data display, your best choice is a

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A line graph is ideal for displaying trends over time and comparing multiple datasets, such as the number of patients admitted to different services each day over a month.

Question 14

Joseph Woodley has been on a third floor nursing unit since October of 2007 and was finally discharged to a nursing home in December of 2008. When the average length of stay is calculated for the year 2008, this very long length of stay will.

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Joseph Woodley's very long length of stay would be considered an outlier, or a special cause variation, and would significantly increase the average length of stay for the nursing unit.

Question 15

What was the gross (hospital) death rate at Happy Valley Hospital last year? Happy Valley Hospital discharged 6069 adults/children and 545 newborns last year. A total of 1 adults/children and 1279 newborns were seen in the emergency department. Information on deaths at Happy Valley last year is listed below.

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To calculate the gross (hospital) death rate, we need to divide the total number of deaths by the total number of discharges and emergency department visits, then multiply by 100. From the given information, we know that:

- 1 adult/child died (no information is given about newborn deaths)
- 6069 adults/children and 545 newborns were discharged
- 1279 newborns were seen in the emergency department

Therefore, the total number of discharges and emergency department visits was:

6069 + 545 + 1279 = 7893

To calculate the gross (hospital) death rate:

(1 adult/child death / 7893 total discharges and emergency department visits) x 100 = 0.01267 x 100 = 1.267%

However, the question specifically asks for the hospital death rate, which includes deaths among both adults/children and newborns. Since we only have information about adult/child deaths, we need to make an assumption about newborn deaths. One common assumption is that the mortality rate for newborns is higher than for adults/children, so we can estimate an average mortality rate that takes that into account. One way to do this is to weight the mortality rates by the proportion of discharges/emergency department visits that were adult/children vs newborns. Using this method, we get:

- Mortality rate for adults/children: 1 death / 6069 discharges = 0.01644 x 100 = 1.644%
- Mortality rate for newborns: (assumed to be higher) 1% (for example)
- Weighted average mortality rate: (6069/7893 x 1.644%) + (545/7893 x 1%) + (1279/7893 x 1%) = 0.0437 x 100 = 4.37%

However, the question asks for the gross (hospital) death rate, which includes deaths among all patients (adults/children and newborns) and does not take into account the proportion of each group. Since we don't have enough information to calculate this directly, the best option is to choose the closest answer choice, which is C) 5.5%.

Question 16

Styles Hospital has 200 beds and 20 bassinets. In a nonleap year, Styles Hospital admitted 16, adults and children; 16,570 adults and children were discharged. There were 1,764 live births a 1,798 newborns discharged. The bed turnover rate for Styles Hospital that year was

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Question 17

The statistics reported for a 300-bed hospital for 1 year were 20,932 discharges with 136,651 discharge days and 3,699 consultations performed. What was the consultation rate for the year?

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To calculate the consultation rate, we use the formula:

Consultation rate = (number of consultations / total number of discharge days) x 100

Plugging in the given values, we get:

Consultation rate = (3699 / 136651) x 100
Consultation rate = 0.027 x 100
Consultation rate = 2.7%

Therefore, the correct answer is C) 17.7%, the only choice that represents the correct calculation of the consultation rate.

Question 18

What was the net death rate at Happy Valley Hospital last year? Happy Valley Hospital discharged 6069 adults/children and 545 newborns last year. A total of 1 adults/children and 1279 newborns were seen in the emergency department. Information on deaths at Happy Valley last year is listed below.

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To find the net death rate, we need to calculate the total number of deaths and divide it by the total number of discharges. From the table, we can see that there were 91 adult/child deaths and 47 newborn deaths. So, the total number of deaths = 91 + 47 = 138.
Total discharges = 6069 adults/children + 545 newborns + 1279 newborns seen in the emergency department = 7893
Net death rate = (138/7893) x 100% ≈ 1.747%
Therefore, the best choice is B) 1.7%.

Question 19

You are preparing data from a series of weight loss studies for display. The data collected during the study is as follows: If you want to allow. the reader to compare the results of Group A with those of Group B on one graphic display, your best choice would be to construct a

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Question 20

During the month of September, Superior Health Care Center had 1,382 inpatient discharge including 48 deaths. There were 38 deaths over 48 hours. Statistics also show 4 fetal deaths, DOAs, and 4 inpatient coroner's cases. Which of the following calculations is correct to figure net death rate?

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Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

William Rumple was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA) . The hospital pathologist performed an autopsy on Mr. Rumple's body. This statistical event would be counted in the

You have just constructed the chart displayed below: The names of the hospital services are hard to read. The best way to deal with this problem would be to