Exam 10: Statistics

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The following patients were discharged from pediatrics for the week 7/16/05-7/22/05: Alex Groot 7/13/05 7/15/05 Sue Schoner 7/12/05 7/15/05 Fran Brown 7/11/05 7/16/05 Robbie Kowalski 7/10/05 7/20/05 Lee Zhong 7/09/05 7/19/05 Frank Paluck 6/29/05 7/17/05 The average length of stay of these patients is:

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Describe circumstances in which a department in the health care organization may request health information or statistics.

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Named and identifiable pieces of data that can be queried and reported in a meaningful way are called ________________.

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Another name for a data illustration is a ________________.

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Suppose that three patients stayed in the hospital for a total of 18 days. Which term would be used to describe the result of the calculation 18 ÷ 3?

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Explain the mean, median, and mode.

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Which statement below requests aggregate health information?

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The inpatient census at 11:59 PM, May 20, was 95. One patient was admitted May 21 around 6:00 AM and discharged around 7:00 PM on the same day. Two patients were admitted at noon that day; one died at 5:00 PM that same afternoon while the other patient was transferred to a nursing home around 2:30 PM. What is the daily inpatient census for May 21?

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Use the table below to compute the answers for the following questions.  First Quarter, January-March 2006\text { First Quarter, January-March } 2006  Diamonte Hospital \text { Diamonte Hospital } Inpatient Service Days Adults \& children (A\&C) 4022 Newborns 708 Discharge Days Adults \& children (\&) 4025 Newborns 718 Beds Adult \& children (\&) 130 Newborn 20 Surgery Surgical procedures w/general anesthesia 325 Procedures w/TV conscious sedation 186 Infections Nosocomial infections (\&C) 21 Postoperative infections 8 Discharges Adults \& children (\&) 1202 Newborms 308 -Compute the nosocomial infection rate (A&C).

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An organization of data elements in rows and columns is called a _______________.

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Given a request for the number of Medicare CHF cases for the month of April, how would you query the database to sort the report?

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Review the graph. What is the lowest cancer prevalence rate in the United States for 2008? Review the graph. What is the lowest cancer prevalence rate in the United States for 2008?   Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2008 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute, 2012. Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2008 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute, 2012.

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A sample is a small group within a:

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What is the mean for the following frequency distribution: 10, 15, 20, 25, 25?

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Use the data below to calculate the length of stay for each patient. Assume that the dates are in the same year and that it is not a leap year. Patient A 25-May 25-May Patient B 15-May 16- May Patient C 11-May 25-May Patient D 27-May 3-Jun PatientE 31-May 2-Jun PatientF 29-May 5-Jul Patient G 26-Dec 10-Jan Patient 22-Dec 7-Mar -The length of stay for Patient C is _______________.

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Frequency distributions that are not symmetrical are ______________ .

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The number of patients present in the health care facility, counted at the same time each day, is called the ______________.

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An ___________ is a summary of the patient record.

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A measure of variance called the ______________ shows how closely the observations are distributed around the mean.

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Explain the difference between a population and a sample.

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