Healthcare Statistics Final

Mortality rates are also known as: - Answer- death rates A patient who dies in the ER/ED is classified as a(n) ____ death. - Answer- outpatient Fetal deaths are never included in hospital mortality rates, except separate fetal death rates. - Answer- True Whenever the term "gross" is used statistically, it represents an amount before anything is subtracted. - Answer- True When the term "live" precedes the word "discharges" it is necessary to: - Answer- add the deaths to the live discharges If twenty-three patients were discharged on April 7 and four were deaths, how many patients were discharged alive? - Answer- 19 Surgical death rates identify deaths that occur within ____ days of an operation. - Answer- 10 Anesthesia deaths occur____ and the rate is generally computed ____. - Answer- infrequently; annually Inpatient deaths are deaths occurring during a patient's hospitalization as an inpatient, prior to discharge. - Answer- True Which of the following deaths are not routinely included in death rates? - Answer- All of the above Death rates should be low. - Answer- True Death rates should be carried to one decimal place. - Answer- False Net death rates exclude deaths occurring less than 48 hours after admission. - Answer- True Postoperative death rates include only deaths less than ten days postoperative. - Answer- True Anesthesia death rates should be extremely low and are generally computed on a yearly basis and are based on the number of anesthetics administered. - Answer- True Most death rates combine newborn and adults, and children data. - Answer- True A hospice patient receiving care at home, and considered an outpatient, and who expires at home is an____ death. - Answer- outpatient The net death rate is also referred to as the institutional death rate. - Answer- True Because net deaths