HEALTHCARE STATISTIICS
MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS:
Danstan
,Inpatient census - Answers The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given time
Average - Answers The value obtained by dividing the sum of a set of numbers by the number of values.
Decimal - Answers Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on the number 10; expressed in or utilizing a
decimal system, especially with a decimal point
Denominator - Answers The part of a fraction below the line signifying division that functions as the
divisor of the numerator and, in fractions with 1 as the numerator, indicates how many parts the unit is
divided.
Fraction - Answers One or more parts of the whole
Numerator - Answers the part of a fraction that is above the line and signifies the number to be divided
by the denominator
Percentage - Answers A value computed on the basis of the whole divided into 100 parts
Proportion - Answers The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude,
quantity or degree
quotient - Answers The number resulting from the division of one number by another
rate - Answers A measure used to compare an event over time; a comparison of the number of times an
event did happen (numerator) with the number of times an event could have happened (denominator)
ratio - Answers A calculation found by dividing one quantity by another; also, a general term that can
include a number of specific measures such as proportion, percentage and rate.
Rounding - Answers The process of approximating a number
, Whole number - Answers Any of the set of nonnegative integers
AHRQ - Answers Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality-An agency within the Department of Health
and Human Services whose mission is to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality,
more accessible, equitable and affordable and to work within the US Department of Health and Human
services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Ambulatory Care Facility - Answers Preventive or corrective healthcare services provided on a
nonresidential basis in a provider's office, clinic setting or hospital outpatient setting.
Census - Answers The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given time
CDC - Answers A group of federal agencies that oversees health promotion and disease control and
prevention activities in the United States.
CMS - Answers The division of the Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for
developing heatlhcare policy in the United States and for administering the Medicare program and the
federal portion of the Medicaid program
Descriptive Statistics - Answers Statistics that describe populations
Encounter - Answers The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician or other person
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.
HH - Answers Home Health - An umbrella term that refers to the medical and nonmedical services
provided to patients and their families in their places of residence; also called home health care.
Hospice - Answers An interdisciplinary program of palliative care and supportive services that addresses
the physical, spiritual, social, and economic needs of terminally ill patients and their families
inferential statistics - Answers Statistics that are used to make inferences from a smaller group of data to
a larger one.
MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS:
Danstan
,Inpatient census - Answers The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given time
Average - Answers The value obtained by dividing the sum of a set of numbers by the number of values.
Decimal - Answers Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on the number 10; expressed in or utilizing a
decimal system, especially with a decimal point
Denominator - Answers The part of a fraction below the line signifying division that functions as the
divisor of the numerator and, in fractions with 1 as the numerator, indicates how many parts the unit is
divided.
Fraction - Answers One or more parts of the whole
Numerator - Answers the part of a fraction that is above the line and signifies the number to be divided
by the denominator
Percentage - Answers A value computed on the basis of the whole divided into 100 parts
Proportion - Answers The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude,
quantity or degree
quotient - Answers The number resulting from the division of one number by another
rate - Answers A measure used to compare an event over time; a comparison of the number of times an
event did happen (numerator) with the number of times an event could have happened (denominator)
ratio - Answers A calculation found by dividing one quantity by another; also, a general term that can
include a number of specific measures such as proportion, percentage and rate.
Rounding - Answers The process of approximating a number
, Whole number - Answers Any of the set of nonnegative integers
AHRQ - Answers Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality-An agency within the Department of Health
and Human Services whose mission is to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality,
more accessible, equitable and affordable and to work within the US Department of Health and Human
services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Ambulatory Care Facility - Answers Preventive or corrective healthcare services provided on a
nonresidential basis in a provider's office, clinic setting or hospital outpatient setting.
Census - Answers The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given time
CDC - Answers A group of federal agencies that oversees health promotion and disease control and
prevention activities in the United States.
CMS - Answers The division of the Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for
developing heatlhcare policy in the United States and for administering the Medicare program and the
federal portion of the Medicaid program
Descriptive Statistics - Answers Statistics that describe populations
Encounter - Answers The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician or other person
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.
HH - Answers Home Health - An umbrella term that refers to the medical and nonmedical services
provided to patients and their families in their places of residence; also called home health care.
Hospice - Answers An interdisciplinary program of palliative care and supportive services that addresses
the physical, spiritual, social, and economic needs of terminally ill patients and their families
inferential statistics - Answers Statistics that are used to make inferences from a smaller group of data to
a larger one.
