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Healthcare Statistics

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indicates the number of patients present in the healthcare facility at a particular point in time   inpatient census  
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an organizational entity of a healthcare facility organized physically and functionally to provide care   patient care unit (PCU)  
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Around midnight is usually a good time to take the census because patients are usually in their beds.   True  
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the census from all units that is used to compile a total census; shows the names of patients present at a particular point in time and their location   complete master census  
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patients who are moved from one PCU to another within the facility   intrahospital transfers  
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includes the number of inpatients present at the census-taking time each day and any inpatients who were both admitted after the previous census-taking time and discharged before the next census-taking time.   daily inpatient census  
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a unit of measure denoting the services received by one patient in a 24-hour period   inpatient service day  
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a day occurring after the admission and prior to the discharge of a hospital inpatient when the patient is not present at the census-taking hour because he or she is on leave of absence from the healthcare facility   leave of absence  
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An absence of less than one day is not considered a leave of absence from the healthcare facility.   True  
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Leave of absence days are always written as a physician order.   True  
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the correct term to use for what is commonly referred to as a patient day, inpatient day, bed occupancy day, or census day   inpatient service day  
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the sum of all the inpatient service days in a period under consideration   total inpatient service days  
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The difference between the census and the daily inpatient census is that any patients admitted and discharged the same day are added to:   The census to compute the daily inpatient census The 12:01 a.m. (or other designated time) head count to compute the daily census  
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Which of the following should be used when calculating the number of inpatient who received service on a particular day?   Total inpatient service days  
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The time for taking the inpatient census must always be:   Consistent  
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At census-taking time, a patient who has been transferred into a unit is:   Counted where he or she is  
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Patient day or inpatient day is more correctly termed   Inpatient service day  
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The inpatient census at 12:01 a.m. is 57. Two patients were admitted at 1 p.m., one died at 3:15 p.m. and the other was discharged at 10:00 p.m. The inpatient service days for that day are:   59  
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the measurement of services received by all inpatients in one 24-hour period (the time between the census-taking hours on two successive days)   calculation of inpatient service days  
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One inpatient day must be counted for each inpatient admitted and discharged on the same day between two successive census-taking hours.   True  
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transfers in and out of the unit are shown as subdivisions of patients admitted to and discharged from the unit; occurs on the PCU census   calculation of transfers  
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Every patient transferred into a unit on any given day has to have been transferred out of another unit.   Recapitulation  
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Births are considered newborn admissions.   True  
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The census at the close of one day (11:59 p.m.) is the inpatient census at the beginning of the next day and is commonly referred to as the number of patients remaining.   True  
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the average number of inpatients present each day for a given period of time   average daily inpatient census  
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Newborn census data can distort statistics related to resource use.   True  
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When administrators and physicians ask for the average daily census, they may not always indicate to exclude newborns.   True  
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