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refers to death or being fatal-a fatality |
mortality |
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a patient who expires while being an inpatient in a hospital is an |
inpatient death |
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a newborn death occurs only in infants who: |
have signs of life at the time of birth |
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what is an infant or fetus born dead called? |
a fetal death (never a newborn death) |
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what results in a newborn death? |
any sign of life no matter how tenuous |
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patients who expire while receiving care on an outpatient basis |
outpatient death |
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true/false: a hospice patient receiving care at home is considered an outpatient, and who expires at home is an outpatient death |
true |
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true/false: outpatient deaths are recorded but not included in patient statistics |
true |
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ER deaths and DOAs are: |
outpatient deaths |
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death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother in a hospital facility of a product of human conception irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy and without any signs of life |
hospital fetal death |
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fetal deaths are ___ included in hospital mortality rates |
never |
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represents an amount before anything is subtracted |
gross |
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Gross minus something = |
net |
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How many decimal places should the death rate be carried to?
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three or at least 2 |
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what data is generally used for death rates unless noted in the appropriate death rate? |
discharge data |
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most death rates combine: |
newborn and adults&children data |
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formula for gross death rate |
total number of IP deaths (including NB) for a period / total number of discharges (including deaths) for the period (NB and A&C) * 100 |
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formula for net death rate |
total IP deaths (including NB) minus deaths under 48 hours (for a period) / total discharges (including NB) minus deaths under 48 hours (for a period) * 100 |
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what may be reviewed by a medical staff committee in hopes of saving lives in the future? |
procedures and appropriate patient care |
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formula for NB death rate |
total number of NB deaths (for a period) / total number of NB discharges (including deaths) (for a period) * 100 |
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includes newborns under 28 days of age |
neonatal |
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two types of surgical death rates |
postoperative and anesthesia death rates |
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surgical death rates are not based on |
discharges |
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one or more surgical procedures performed at one time for one patient using a common approach or for a common purpose |
surgical operation |
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a single manipulation that can be complete in itself |
surgical procedure |
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formula for postoperative death rate |
total surgical deaths (within 10 days postoperative) for a period / total patients operated upon for the period * 100 |
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formula for anesthesia death rate |
total deaths caused by anesthetic agents for a period / total number of anesthetics administered for the period * 100 |
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deaths not included in routine death rates are: |
outpatient deaths, ER deaths, DOAs, and fetal deaths |
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what is the numerator in all death rates |
the total number of deaths pertaining to that rate |
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net death rates exclude deaths occurring less than ___ after admission |
48 hours |
