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True or False: most death rates combine newborn & adults, and children rates |
True |
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True or False: Mortality is another term for death |
True |
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This type of death expires after showing signs of life at the time of birth & are included in the hospital death rate |
A newborn death |
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True or False: The gross death rate is also referred to as the Institutional Death Rate |
False |
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Because net deaths exclude deaths under 48 hours in the numerator, they must also be excluded in the ? |
Denominator |
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What best defines the term neonatal death? |
Expired newborn under 28 days of age |
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True or False: A neonatal death includes newborns under 28 days of age |
True |
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The net death rate is also referred to as ? |
The institutional death rate |
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Which death rate are newborn deaths included? |
Net & Gross |
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In computing the gross death rate, which inpatient deaths are included? |
Those both over & under 48 hours |
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True or False: Postoperative death rates include only deaths less than ten days postoperative |
True |
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True or False: The term "surgical operation" is best defined as one or more surgical procedures performed at one time for one patient |
True |
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A hospice patient receiving care at home, and considered an outpatient, and who expires at home is an ? death |
outpatient |
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An outpatient death occurs when the patient is located in the ? |
ER Outpatient surgical site Home care |
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True or False: Death rates are generally low and require 2 or 3 decimal places to represent an accurate rate |
true |
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A patient who dies in the ER/ED is classified as an ? death |
outpatient |
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Whenever the term "gross" is used statistically, it represents an amount before anything is subtracted |
True |
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True or False: Anesthesia death rates should be extremely low and are computed on a yearly basis and are based on the number of anesthetics administered |
True |
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When the term "live" precedes the word "discharges" it is necessary to : ? |
Add the deaths to the live discharges |
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What is included in the denominator in a newborn death rate? |
Live births & newborn deaths |
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What do all death rates have in common? |
Numerator always has the total number of deaths |
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What of the following best represents the anesthesia death rate? |
Ratio of anesthesia deaths during the period to the number of anesthetics administered |
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True or False: The net death rate excludes deaths that occur less than 24 hours from admission |
False |
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The term for a death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy and without any signs of life |
Fetal death |
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True or False: Death rates always include outpatients |
False |
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Which death rate uses death data broken down to under 10 and over 10 days? |
Postoperative |
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If 23 patients were discharged on April 7th and 4 were deaths, how many patients were discharged? |
19 |
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True or False: A neonatal death includes newborns under 28 days of age |
True |
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In computing the net death rate, which inpatient deaths are excluded? |
Those under 48 hours |
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True or False: Postoperative death rates include only deaths less than ten days postoperative |
True |
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Hospital mortality stats are important for ? |
Peer review & Providing better patient care |
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Roger Watson is still an inpatient at St. Mary's hospital and was admitted 3 days ago. How many discharge days has Roger acquired? |
0 |
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True or False: An inpatient who leaves without an order for discharge is considered an outpatient. |
False |
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A pt was admitted on March 24th & discharged on April 9th. How many pt days of care were rendered? |
16 |
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True or False: If the term "live discharges" is used, deaths need to be added to the live discharges to arrive at the total discharges for that date or period of time. |
True |
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Five Patients stayed in the Rehab hospital for a total of 135 days. Which term would be used to describe the result of the calculation 135 divided by 5? |
Average length of stay |
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How would you calculate the average length of stay? |
Discharge days divided by total discharges |
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What is the length of stay for patient who was admitted December 20th, 2013 and discharged January 21st, 2015? |
397 days |
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True or False: Inpatient service days are determined post-discharge |
False |
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True or False: an inpatient (still in the hospital) will now have discharge days calculated at the end of the year. |
True |
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What is the length of stay for a patent who was admitted January 14th, 2012, and discharges March 12th, 2012? |
58 days |
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What is the length of stay for a patient who was admitted November 29th, 2013 & discharged February 2nd, 2014? |
65 days |
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What is used in figuring length of stay, total ? |
Discharge days |
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What is needed to compute the average length of stay? |
Discharge days |
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True or False: Leave of absence days are excluded in computing discharge days, and average length of stay. |
False |
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Which of the following is incorrect with regard to length of stay? A) Adm 7-1: Dis 7-1= 1 B) Adm 8-2; Dis 8-3= 1 C) Adm 12-12; Dis 1-5= 25 D) Adm 9-30; Dis 10-10= 10 |
C |
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True or False: The total length of stay is used to identify an inpatients service classification |
False |
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A day occurring after the admission of an prior to the discharge of a hospital inpatient who is not present at the census taking hour is called? |
a day on leave of absence |
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True or False: an inpatient death is not considered a discharge? |
False |
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When are discharge days compiled? |
after theft has been discharged from the health care facility |
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A pt is admitted to the hospital at 8:00 am and is discharged at 8:00 pm the same day. The length of stay would be computed as ? |
1 day |
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What term is synonymous with discharge days? |
length of stay |
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True or false: Discharge days are needed to calculate the average length of stay |
true |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days a pt is an impatient in the hospital? |
Length of stay |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days a pt is an impatient in the hospital? |
Length of stay |
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A pt is admitted to the hospital at 12:39 am and dies 30 minutes later. The length of stay would be computed as? |
1 day |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days a pt is an impatient in the hospital? |
Length of stay |
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A pt is admitted to the hospital at 12:39 am and dies 30 minutes later. The length of stay would be computed as? |
1 day |
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True/false Leave of absence days are included in computing discharge days, and average length of stay. |
True |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days a pt is an impatient in the hospital? |
Length of stay |
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A pt is admitted to the hospital at 12:39 am and dies 30 minutes later. The length of stay would be computed as? |
1 day |
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True/false Leave of absence days are included in computing discharge days, and average length of stay. |
True |
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What is the primary significance of LOS & discharge days? |
They serve as a means of managing utilization of health care resources |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days a pt is an impatient in the hospital? |
Length of stay |
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A pt is admitted to the hospital at 12:39 am and dies 30 minutes later. The length of stay would be computed as? |
1 day |
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True/false Leave of absence days are included in computing discharge days, and average length of stay. |
True |
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What is the primary significance of LOS & discharge days? |
They serve as a means of managing utilization of health care resources |
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True/False Inpatient service days and discharge days are interchangeable. |
False |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days a pt is an impatient in the hospital? |
Length of stay |
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A pt is admitted to the hospital at 12:39 am and dies 30 minutes later. The length of stay would be computed as? |
1 day |
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True/false Leave of absence days are included in computing discharge days, and average length of stay. |
True |
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What is the primary significance of LOS & discharge days? |
They serve as a means of managing utilization of health care resources |
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True/False Inpatient service days and discharge days are interchangeable. |
False |
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True/False Discharge days are needed to calculate the impatient service days. |
False |
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When figuring length of stay, which day is NOT included? |
Day of discharge |
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days a pt is an impatient in the hospital? |
Length of stay |
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A pt is admitted to the hospital at 12:39 am and dies 30 minutes later. The length of stay would be computed as? |
1 day |
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True/false Leave of absence days are included in computing discharge days, and average length of stay. |
True |
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What is the primary significance of LOS & discharge days? |
They serve as a means of managing utilization of health care resources |
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True/False Inpatient service days and discharge days are interchangeable. |
False |
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True/False Discharge days are needed to calculate the impatient service days. |
False |
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In computing the net rate, which inpatient deaths are INCLUDED? |
Those over 48 hours |
