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total # of inpt services days _______________________ total # of days in the same period
What is average daily census
100
used to display data from one or more variables
What is bar charts
100
Average length of stay (ALOS)
What is length of stay of hospital inpatients discharge during a giving period of time
100
total # of intermediate/late fetal deaths X 100 _____________________________________ total # of live births + total # of interm/late fetal deaths
What is fetal death rate
100
case mix
What is a method of grouping patients according to a predefined set of characteristics
200
total # of inpt services days X 100 ___________________________ total # inpt bed count days
What is inpt occupancy rate
200
line graph
What is used to display time trends
200
measure used to compare an event over time; number of events that did happen over the number an event could happen
What is rate
200
total # of NB deaths X 100 _____________________________ total # of NB discharges (incl deaths)
What is newborn death rates
200
the midpoint of a frequency distribution and falls in the ordinal scale of measurements
What is median
300
total # of inpt deaths (incl NB) X 100 ___________________________________ total # of discharges incl A&C and NB deaths
What is gross death rate
300
histograms
What is used to display a frequency distribution
300
length of stay
What is the total number of patients days for an inpatient episode calculated by subtraction the days of admission from the day of discharge
300
total # of direct maternal deaths X 100 _____________________________________ total # of maternal (OB) discharges incl deaths
What is maternal death rates
300
total work output-defective work
What is calculation of completed work
400
total # of inpt deaths (incl NB)-deaths< 48hrs X 100 ____________________________________________ total # of discharges (incl A/C & NB deaths)-deaths<48hrs
What is net death rate
400
used when one wants to determine if there is a relationship b/t 2 variables
What is a scatter chart
400
the number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given time
What is census
400
total inpt autopsies X 100 ______________________ total # inpt deaths
What is gross autopsy rate
400
completed work ________________________________ hours worked to produce total work output
What is calculation of labor productivity
500
# of infection in clean surgical cases X 100 ___________________________________ total # of surgical operations
What is postop infection rate
500
sizes show the proportional contribution of each part
What is pie chart
500
mode
What is a measure of central tendencies that consist of the most frequent observation in a frequency distribution
500
total # of autopsies on inpt deaths X 100 __________________________________ total # of inpt deaths - unautopsied coroners' or medical examiners' cases
What is net autopsy rate
500
patients encounters _________________ productivity
What is calculation of staff level