HEALTHCARE STATISTICS
CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS:
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, Ambulatory care - Answers outpatient care.
census - Answers a count of patients present at a specific time in a specific place
descriptive statistics - Answers describe what the data show about the characteristics of a sample. They
tell us information about a particular population.
encounter - Answers The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician or the other person
authorized by state licensure and, if applicable , by medical staff bylaws to order or furnish healthcare
services for the diagnosis or treatment of the patient.
Home health (HH) - Answers Provide care for the elderly, disabled an convalescent patients in their
homes. These agencies keep statistics to determine the types of services used by their patients and their
outcomes
Hospice - Answers Provide care and psychosocial support to terminally ill patients and their families.
May be either home or inpatient.
Hospital - Answers Healthcare entity that has an organized medical staff and permanent facilities that
include inpatient beds and continuous medical and nursing services and that provide diagnostic and
therapeutic services for patients, as well as overnight accommodations and nutritional services.
Inferential statistics - Answers Statistics that are used to make inferences from a smaller group of data to
a large one.
Inpatient - Answers A patient who is provided with room, board, and continuous general nursing
services in an area of an acute care facility where patients generally stay at least overnight.
Inpatient census - Answers Healthcare facility census, which is the count of patients present at a specific
time and in a particular place.
CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS:
Danstann
, Ambulatory care - Answers outpatient care.
census - Answers a count of patients present at a specific time in a specific place
descriptive statistics - Answers describe what the data show about the characteristics of a sample. They
tell us information about a particular population.
encounter - Answers The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician or the other person
authorized by state licensure and, if applicable , by medical staff bylaws to order or furnish healthcare
services for the diagnosis or treatment of the patient.
Home health (HH) - Answers Provide care for the elderly, disabled an convalescent patients in their
homes. These agencies keep statistics to determine the types of services used by their patients and their
outcomes
Hospice - Answers Provide care and psychosocial support to terminally ill patients and their families.
May be either home or inpatient.
Hospital - Answers Healthcare entity that has an organized medical staff and permanent facilities that
include inpatient beds and continuous medical and nursing services and that provide diagnostic and
therapeutic services for patients, as well as overnight accommodations and nutritional services.
Inferential statistics - Answers Statistics that are used to make inferences from a smaller group of data to
a large one.
Inpatient - Answers A patient who is provided with room, board, and continuous general nursing
services in an area of an acute care facility where patients generally stay at least overnight.
Inpatient census - Answers Healthcare facility census, which is the count of patients present at a specific
time and in a particular place.
