RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician Healthcare Statistics and Analytics 2

Question 1

A hospital had 2,500 discharges last month with 15,000 discharge days. What is the average length of stay (ALOS)?

Accepted Answer

6 days

Answer

5 days

Answer

7.5 days

Answer

10 days

Question 2

What does a hospital's bed occupancy rate measure?

Accepted Answer

The percentage of available beds occupied during a given time period

Answer

The number of beds purchased

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The number of nurses per bed

Answer

The cost of each hospital bed

Question 3

What is the difference between incidence and prevalence?

Accepted Answer

Incidence measures new cases over a time period while prevalence measures all existing cases at a point in time

Answer

They are the same

Answer

Incidence measures deaths and prevalence measures births

Answer

Incidence is for chronic diseases and prevalence for acute diseases

Question 4

A hospital reports 25 deaths among 500 surgical patients in a year. What is the surgical death rate?

Accepted Answer

5%

Answer

2%

Answer

10%

Answer

25%

Question 5

Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate when data contains extreme outliers?

Accepted Answer

Median

Answer

Mean

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Mode

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Range

Question 6

What is the purpose of a case mix index (CMI) in hospital administration?

Accepted Answer

To measure the average relative weight of cases treated, reflecting complexity and resource intensity

Answer

To count total patient cases

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To track patient satisfaction

Answer

To determine the hospital's geographic service area