CHAPTER ONE STATISTICS AND DATA
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| NB | NEWBORN
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| ∑ | SUMMATION
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| A | ADM & DISCHRGE
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| A | ADULT & CHILDREN
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| DOA | DEATH ON ARRIVAL
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| IP | IMPATIENT
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| LOS | LENGTH OF STAY
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| ICU | INTENSIVE CARE
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| > | GREATER THAN
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| NCHS | NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTIC
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| DHHS | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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| CDC | CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
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| PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY DATA | PATIENT MEDICAL RECORD VS. ABSTRACTED DATA: INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE PATIENT RECORD AND GENERALLY RECORDED INTO ANOTHER DOCUMENT, SUCH AS A LIST, REGISTER, OR INDEX.
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| INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL USERS | CARE GIVERS VS. INSURERS, THIRD PARTY PAYERS, DEPT OF VITAL STATISTICS
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| CCU | CORONARY CARE UNIT
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| ENT | EAR-NOSE-THROAT
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| GYN | GYNECOLOGY
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| DD | DISCHARGE DAYS
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| MED | MEDICAL CARE UNIT
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| NEURO | NEUROLOGY/NEUROSUGERY
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| OB | OBSTETRICS
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| ONCO | ONCOLOGY
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| OPTH | OPHTHALMOLOGY
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| ORTHO | ORTHOPEDICS
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| PED | PEDIATRICS
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| PSYCH | PSYCHIATRY
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| REHAB | REHABILITATION
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| SURG | SURGICAL CARE UNIT
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| UROL | UROLOGY
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| VARIABLE | A VALUE THAT CAN CHANGE
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| CONSTANT | A VALUE REPLACEABLE BY ONLY ONE NUMBER
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| DISEASE STATISTIC | MORTALITY STATISTICS ARE COMPUTED
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| SAMPLE | A SUBSET(A SET THAT IS PART OF A LARGER SET) OR SMALL PART OF A POPULATION
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| POPULATION | REFERS TO AN ENTIRE GROUP
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| NOMINAL DATA | PERTAINS TO NAME OR UNORDERED DATA
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| ORDINAL DATA | REFERS TO "ORDER" OR "RANK". REPRESENTS A SPECIFIED (OR ORDERED) POSITION IN A NUMBERED SERIES, SUCH AS AN ORDINAL RANK OF SEVEN.
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| DISCRETE DATA | ALWAYS EXPRESSED AS A WHOLE NUMBER OR INTEGER. DISCRETE DATA ARE MOST COMMONLY OBTAINED BY COUNTING, THE NUMBER OF TEETH IN THE MOUTH, THE # OF SHARES TRADED ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.
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| CONTINUOUS DATA | ARE THOSE THAT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF "MEASURED TO THE NEAREST." iF SOMEONE WERE ASKED TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE FROM HOME TO WORK, THE DISTANCE COULD BE RECORDED DIFFERENTLY, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFICITY REQUIRED.
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| RANKED DATA | ORDINAL DATA IN WHICH THE RESULTS ARE RANKED EITHER FROM HIGH TO LOW OR LOW TO HIGH.
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| VITAL STATISTICS | REFERS TO DATA THAT RECORD SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND DATES IN HUMAN LIFE. THESE DATA INCLUDE BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, AND DIVORCES
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