Deck 3: Patient Data

Question 1

Which answer describes the importance of census data?

A) Affects patient care, operational efficiency, and financial performance
B) Affects financial performance
C) Staffing, budgeting, and the future
D) Budgeting

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which answer describes the inpatient service days?

A) Measure intensity of service in 24 hours
B) Measure severity of illness in 24 hours
C) Number of patients admitted in 24 hours
D) Measure the services that a patient receives in 24 hours

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A 250-bed hospital with 20 newborn bassinets records the following inpatient service days for the month of March: A/C: 7,380 NB: 558. Based on these data, calculate the average daily adults and children census, as well as the average daily newborn census.

A) 238 and 18
B) 241 and 16
C) 238 and 17
D) 236 and 18

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A hospital reported the following statistics for September:
$\begin{array}{|l|c|c|}\hline \text { Counts } & \text { Adults and Children(Beds= 150) } & \text { Newborns (Bassinets=15) } \\\hline \text { Census (midnight 8/31) } & 140 & 11 \\\hline \text { Admissions } & 310 & 90 \\\hline \text { Discharges (live) } & 300 & 92 \\\hline \text { Deaths } & 15 & 2 \\\hline \text { Fetal deaths } & & 5 \\\hline \text { Inpatient service days } & 4,236 & 410 \\\hline\end{array}$ Based on these data, calculate the inpatient census for midnight on September 30, the average daily inpatient census for September, and the average daily newborn census for September.

A) Inpatient census-A/C 135, NB 4, average daily inpatient census 141, NB average daily census 14
B) Inpatient census-A/C 133, NB 5, average daily inpatient census 140, NB average daily census 12
C) Inpatient census-A/C 135, NB 3, average daily inpatient census 141, NB average daily census 11
D) Inpatient census-A/C 134, NB 4, average daily inpatient census 139, NB average daily census 14

Question 5

Patient A was admitted on June 15 at 6:29 am and expired June 21 at 1:15 am. Calculate the inpatient service days for patient A.

A) 6
B) 5
C) 4
D) 3

Question 6

What are other terms for inpatient service days?

A) Census day
B) Patient day
C) Inpatient day and census day
D) Inpatient day, census day, patient day

Question 7

When is the best time to take an inpatient census and why?

A) The best time to take inpatient census is noon, because patients are not in their rooms because of surgery or other tests they are scheduled for.
B) The best time to take inpatient census is midnight. Most patients are in their rooms and not out for surgery or tests and those who have been transferred to another unit have already been transferred. Those patients discharged have already gone.
C) Midnight
D) The best time to take census is at 6:00 pm because patients are eating dinner.

Question 8

What is the purpose for calculating the admissions, discharge, and transfer report?

A) To determine the number of patients admitted, discharged, and transferred in a facility
B) To track the length of stay in a facility
C) To determine the number of patients admitted in facility for a day
D) To track the number of patients admitted and discharged for a day

Question 9

On October 16 the inpatient census at midnight is 94. Monday morning there was one patient admitted and that afternoon two patients were admitted. The same day three patients were transferred and two patients expired. Determine the inpatient service days for Monday.

A)101
B) 97
C) 92
D) 102

Question 10

Ming Hospital reported 500 (adult beds), 100 (pediatric beds), and 75 (bassinets). Inpatient service days were 126,511 (adults), 17,711 (pediatrics), and 21,550 (newborns). Calculate the average daily census for a leap year.

A) 398
B) 404
C) 396
D) 394

Question 11

Sebastian Hospital reported 300 (adult beds), 50 (pediatrics beds), and 20 (bassinets). Inpatient service days were 89,840 (adults) 7,615 (pediatrics), and 4,130 (newborns). Calculate the average daily census for a non-leap year.

A) 267
B) 281
C) 301
D) 265

Question 12

On July 6 the inpatient census at midnight is 51. Monday morning there were four patients admitted and that afternoon three patients were admitted. The same day six patients were discharged and two patients transferred. Determine the inpatient service days for Monday.

A) 51
B) 68
C) 49
D) 58

Question 13

Wendy was admitted on March 20 at 9:13 am and discharged on April 10 at 10:00 am. Calculate the inpatient service days for Wendy.

A) 21
B) 20
C) 22
D) 19

Question 14

What is the correct definition for daily inpatient census?

A) Total number of services received by patients in a 24-hour period
B) The sum of inpatient services for one day
C) Total number of patients treated during a 24-hour period
D) Total service days for a specific period

Question 15

What is the correct definition for total inpatient service days?

A) Services received by an inpatient for a 24-hour period
B) Sum of patients treated in a 24-hour period
C) Total patients treated in a 24-hour period
D) Sum of all inpatient service days for each of the days in the period

Question 16

Oceanview Hospital has 40 bassinets and 682 newborn inpatient service days in the month of March. What is the average daily newborn census?

A) 21
B) 19
C) 22
D) 25

Question 17

Data visualization lets us make better sense visually of complex data.

Question 18

Newborn services should be counted separately from other services because of the unique differences in what is provided.

Question 19

The following formula is the statistical formula to calculate newborn services:
Total newborn inpatient services for a period / Total number of days in the period

Question 20

There are two types of databases: flat file and relational.