MHA 705 module 4 questions with verified
answers A+ latest update
1. nominal groups or categories of data. mutually exclusive, can't be in more than 1
level data
group or category. ex: patient demographics, payer. no particular order.
2. notifiable dis-
eases diseases for which health oflcials request or require reporting for public
health reasons
3. ordinal data the order of the numbers is meaningful, not the numbers themselves.
4. bar charts Used when data is divided into categories (discrete data)
The bars are separated to show ditterent categories
5. interval level data intervals between successive values are equal
6. pie chart a chart that shows the relationship of a part to a whole
7. ratio level
data scale highest level of measurement. there's is a defined unit of measure, a real
zero point, add the intervals are equal
8. line graph a graph that uses one or more lines to show changes in statistics over
time or
space. does not represent frequency distribution
9. discreet variables fall into categories and can only take in a limited number of values
and have gaps between successive values
10. Histogram a bar graph depicting a frequency distribution
11. continue
vari- ables no gaps in the measurement data. either interval or ratio level. some of
the ratio level variables are discreet
12. frequency
poly- gon A line figure used to present data from a frequency distribution
13. daily
inpatient
census Oflcial count of inpatients present at midnight, calculated each day.
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answers A+ latest update
Calculated by inpatient
census at midnight
prior day + admissions
- discharges (including
deaths) + patients
that were admitted
and discharged same
day
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answers A+ latest update
14. scatter chart A chart that shows the relationship between two categories of data;
sometimes called an XY chart.
15. inpatient
service day A unit of measure equivalent to the services received by one inpatient
during one 24-hour period. also equal to the daily inpatient census for 1
24-hr period
16. 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
17. adults and chil-
dren census vs adults and children are counted together. newborns are counted
newborn separately due to the intensity of services provided to adults and
census children is greater than those provided to newborns
18. mean the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores
and then dividing by the number of scores
19. average
daily census total inpatient service days for given period ÷ number of days in same
period
20. Median the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half
are below it
21. inpatient bed percent of oflcial beds occupied by inpatient for given period of time.
oc- cupancy
rate or calculation: total number of inpatient service days for given period ÷
total number of inpatient
percentage of oc- bed count days for same period
cupancy
22. mode the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
23. bed count days The total number of inpatient beds times the total number of days in the
period
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answers A+ latest update
1. nominal groups or categories of data. mutually exclusive, can't be in more than 1
level data
group or category. ex: patient demographics, payer. no particular order.
2. notifiable dis-
eases diseases for which health oflcials request or require reporting for public
health reasons
3. ordinal data the order of the numbers is meaningful, not the numbers themselves.
4. bar charts Used when data is divided into categories (discrete data)
The bars are separated to show ditterent categories
5. interval level data intervals between successive values are equal
6. pie chart a chart that shows the relationship of a part to a whole
7. ratio level
data scale highest level of measurement. there's is a defined unit of measure, a real
zero point, add the intervals are equal
8. line graph a graph that uses one or more lines to show changes in statistics over
time or
space. does not represent frequency distribution
9. discreet variables fall into categories and can only take in a limited number of values
and have gaps between successive values
10. Histogram a bar graph depicting a frequency distribution
11. continue
vari- ables no gaps in the measurement data. either interval or ratio level. some of
the ratio level variables are discreet
12. frequency
poly- gon A line figure used to present data from a frequency distribution
13. daily
inpatient
census Oflcial count of inpatients present at midnight, calculated each day.
1/
17
,MHA 705 module 4 questions with verified
answers A+ latest update
Calculated by inpatient
census at midnight
prior day + admissions
- discharges (including
deaths) + patients
that were admitted
and discharged same
day
2/
17
, MHA 705 module 4 questions with verified
answers A+ latest update
14. scatter chart A chart that shows the relationship between two categories of data;
sometimes called an XY chart.
15. inpatient
service day A unit of measure equivalent to the services received by one inpatient
during one 24-hour period. also equal to the daily inpatient census for 1
24-hr period
16. 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
17. adults and chil-
dren census vs adults and children are counted together. newborns are counted
newborn separately due to the intensity of services provided to adults and
census children is greater than those provided to newborns
18. mean the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores
and then dividing by the number of scores
19. average
daily census total inpatient service days for given period ÷ number of days in same
period
20. Median the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half
are below it
21. inpatient bed percent of oflcial beds occupied by inpatient for given period of time.
oc- cupancy
rate or calculation: total number of inpatient service days for given period ÷
total number of inpatient
percentage of oc- bed count days for same period
cupancy
22. mode the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
23. bed count days The total number of inpatient beds times the total number of days in the
period
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