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

    Answer: 6 days

    ALOS = 15,000 / 2,500 = 6 days.

  2. What does a hospital's bed occupancy rate measure?

    Answer: The percentage of available beds occupied during a given time period

    The bed occupancy rate measures the percentage of available inpatient beds that are occupied.

  3. What is the difference between incidence and prevalence?

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

    Incidence refers to new cases occurring during a specific time period, while prevalence refers to total cases present at a particular point.

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

    Answer: 5%

    Surgical death rate = (25 / 500) x 100 = 5%.

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

    Answer: Median

    The median is not affected by extremely high or low values.

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

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

    CMI represents the average relative weight of DRGs for all cases treated, reflecting overall complexity.