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

ALOS = 15,000 / 2,500 = 6 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 bed occupancy rate measures the percentage of available inpatient beds that are occupied.

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

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

5%

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Median

Answer

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

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