MHA 705 UPDATED END OF COURSE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Ambulatory surgery center (ASC) - ✔✔Under Medicare, an outpatient surgical
facility that has its own national identifier; is a separate entity with respect to its
licensure, accreditation, governance, professional supervision, administrative functions,
clinical services, record keeping, and financial and accounting systems; has as its sole
purpose the provision of services in connection with surgical procedures that do not
require inpatient hospitalization; and meets the conditions and requirements set forth in
the Medicare Conditions of Participation
✔✔Average daily census - ✔✔The mean number of hospital inpatients present in the
hospital each day for a given period of time
✔✔Average length of stay (ALOS) - ✔✔The mean length of stay for hospital inpatients
discharged during a given period of time
✔✔Bar chart - ✔✔A graphic technique used to display frequency distributions of
nominal or ordinal data that fall into categories
✔✔Bed count - ✔✔The number of inpatient beds set up and staffed for use on a given
day
✔✔Bed count day - ✔✔A unit of measure that denotes the presence of one inpatient
bed (either occupied or vacant) set up and staffed for use in one 24-hour period
✔✔Bed turnover rate - ✔✔The average number of times a bed changes occupants
during a given period of time
✔✔Bo plot - ✔✔
✔✔Bubble chart - ✔✔A type of scatter plot with circular symbols used to compare three
variables; the area of the circle indicates the value of a third variable
✔✔Case fatality rate - ✔✔The total number of deaths due to a specific illness during a
given time period divided by the total number of cases during the same period
✔✔Case mix - ✔✔A description of a patient population based on any number of specific
characteristics, including age, gender, type of insurance, diagnosis, risk factors,
treatment received, and resources used
✔✔Case-mix index (CMI) - ✔✔The average relative weight of all cases treated at a
given facility or by a given physician, which reflects the resource intensity or clinical
severity of a specific group in relation to the other groups in the classification system;
, calculated by dividing the sum of the weights of diagnosis-related groups for patients
discharged during a given period by the total number of patients discharged
✔✔Cause-specific death rate - ✔✔The total number of deaths due to a specific illness
during a given time period divided by the estimated population for the same time period
✔✔Census - ✔✔The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given
time
✔✔Clinic outpatient - ✔✔A patient who is admitted to a clinical service of a clinic or
hospital for diagnosis or treatment on an ambulatory basis
✔✔Consultation rate - ✔✔The total number of hospital inpatients receiving
consultations for a given period divided by the total number of discharges and deaths
for the same period
✔✔Continuous variable - ✔✔Discrete variables measured with sufficient precision
✔✔Crude birth rate - ✔✔The number of live births dividied by the population at risk
✔✔Crude death rate - ✔✔The total number of deaths in a given population for a given
period of time divided by the estimated population for the same period of time
✔✔Daily inpatient census - ✔✔The number of inpatients present at census-taking time
each day, plus any inpatients who were both admitted and discharged after the census-
taking time the previous day
✔✔Descriptive statistics - ✔✔A set of statistical techniques used to describe data such
as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations; statistical information that
describes the characteristics of a specific group or a population
✔✔Discrete variable - ✔✔A dichotomous or nominal variable whose values are placed
into categories
✔✔Emergency outpatient - ✔✔A patient who is admitted to the emergency department
or equivalent services of a hospital for diagnosis and treatment of a condition that
requires immediate medical, dental, or allied health services in order to sustain life or to
prevent critical consequences
✔✔Encounter - ✔✔The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician or
other person who is authorized by state licensure law and, if applicable, by medical staff
bylaws to order or furnish healthcare services for the diagnosis or treatment of the
patient
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Ambulatory surgery center (ASC) - ✔✔Under Medicare, an outpatient surgical
facility that has its own national identifier; is a separate entity with respect to its
licensure, accreditation, governance, professional supervision, administrative functions,
clinical services, record keeping, and financial and accounting systems; has as its sole
purpose the provision of services in connection with surgical procedures that do not
require inpatient hospitalization; and meets the conditions and requirements set forth in
the Medicare Conditions of Participation
✔✔Average daily census - ✔✔The mean number of hospital inpatients present in the
hospital each day for a given period of time
✔✔Average length of stay (ALOS) - ✔✔The mean length of stay for hospital inpatients
discharged during a given period of time
✔✔Bar chart - ✔✔A graphic technique used to display frequency distributions of
nominal or ordinal data that fall into categories
✔✔Bed count - ✔✔The number of inpatient beds set up and staffed for use on a given
day
✔✔Bed count day - ✔✔A unit of measure that denotes the presence of one inpatient
bed (either occupied or vacant) set up and staffed for use in one 24-hour period
✔✔Bed turnover rate - ✔✔The average number of times a bed changes occupants
during a given period of time
✔✔Bo plot - ✔✔
✔✔Bubble chart - ✔✔A type of scatter plot with circular symbols used to compare three
variables; the area of the circle indicates the value of a third variable
✔✔Case fatality rate - ✔✔The total number of deaths due to a specific illness during a
given time period divided by the total number of cases during the same period
✔✔Case mix - ✔✔A description of a patient population based on any number of specific
characteristics, including age, gender, type of insurance, diagnosis, risk factors,
treatment received, and resources used
✔✔Case-mix index (CMI) - ✔✔The average relative weight of all cases treated at a
given facility or by a given physician, which reflects the resource intensity or clinical
severity of a specific group in relation to the other groups in the classification system;
, calculated by dividing the sum of the weights of diagnosis-related groups for patients
discharged during a given period by the total number of patients discharged
✔✔Cause-specific death rate - ✔✔The total number of deaths due to a specific illness
during a given time period divided by the estimated population for the same time period
✔✔Census - ✔✔The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given
time
✔✔Clinic outpatient - ✔✔A patient who is admitted to a clinical service of a clinic or
hospital for diagnosis or treatment on an ambulatory basis
✔✔Consultation rate - ✔✔The total number of hospital inpatients receiving
consultations for a given period divided by the total number of discharges and deaths
for the same period
✔✔Continuous variable - ✔✔Discrete variables measured with sufficient precision
✔✔Crude birth rate - ✔✔The number of live births dividied by the population at risk
✔✔Crude death rate - ✔✔The total number of deaths in a given population for a given
period of time divided by the estimated population for the same period of time
✔✔Daily inpatient census - ✔✔The number of inpatients present at census-taking time
each day, plus any inpatients who were both admitted and discharged after the census-
taking time the previous day
✔✔Descriptive statistics - ✔✔A set of statistical techniques used to describe data such
as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations; statistical information that
describes the characteristics of a specific group or a population
✔✔Discrete variable - ✔✔A dichotomous or nominal variable whose values are placed
into categories
✔✔Emergency outpatient - ✔✔A patient who is admitted to the emergency department
or equivalent services of a hospital for diagnosis and treatment of a condition that
requires immediate medical, dental, or allied health services in order to sustain life or to
prevent critical consequences
✔✔Encounter - ✔✔The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician or
other person who is authorized by state licensure law and, if applicable, by medical staff
bylaws to order or furnish healthcare services for the diagnosis or treatment of the
patient
