HEALTHCARE STATISTICS FINAL EXAM CURRENTLY TESTING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Convert 1/6 to a percentage with two decimal places.
16.67%
Convert the following fractions to their simplest form:
3/9
4/8
1/5
3/5
124/248
1/3, 1/2, 1/5, 3/5, 1/2
A physician on your staff performed 44 cardiac catheterizations last month. 34 of those
treated were male.
What is the ratio of male patients to female patients who had cardiac catheterizations?
What is the proportion? Round to one decimal place.
17:5, 0.8
,Last year, you purchased equipment in the HIM department for $14,250. You have been
told that the equipment you bought has depreciated in value by 20 percent. What is the
value of the equipment now?
$11,400.00
Differentiate between the terms inpatient census and daily inpatient census.
Inpatient census: Hospital inpatient census taking at any given time
Daily inpatient census: Hospital inpatient census taking plus the number of patient that
admitted and discharged after the previous census taking time of the day before.
In 20XX, a hospital had 175 beds for adults and children from January 1 through June 30. On
July 1, the hospital increased its beds to 250 and the number remained at 250 through
December 31. During the first six months, 30,875 patient days of service were provided to
the hospital's adults and children. During the last six months, 36,982 days of service were
provided. Answer the following questions and round the answers to whole numbers. This is
a non-leap year.
What was the average daily inpatient census for the first six months?
171
In 20XX, a hospital had 175 beds for adults and children from January 1 through June 30. On
July 1, the hospital increased its beds to 250 and the number remained at 250 through
December 31. During the first six months, 30,875 patient days of service were provided to
the hospital's adults and children. During the last six months, 36,982 days of service were
provided. Answer the following questions and round the answers to whole numbers. This is
a non-leap year.
,What was the average daily inpatient census for the entire year?
186
The 15-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Hospital had 400 inpatient service
days during March. What is the percentage of occupancy? Round to one decimal place.
86.0%
What is the bed occupancy rate for the 15-bassinet Children's Hospital NICU during March
if the inpatient service days was 400? Round to one decimal place.
86.0%
During January through June, (non-leap year) a 50-bed hospital had 9,001 inpatient service
days. What is the percentage of occupancy? Round to one decimal place.
99.5%
The number of discharge days for a patient admitted January 23 to February 15 is _____.
23 days
What is the wait time for a patient who arrives at a physician's office at 8:20 a.m. and is
seen by the physician at 9:30 a.m.
, 70 minutes
Your medical terminology instructor listed the following grades for the class out of a 75-
point test: 34, 36, 41, 43, 44, 49, 50, 55, 57, 60, 64, 66, 67, 67, 67, 68, 68, 69, 70, 73
a. Find the 90th percentile.
69
b. Your score was 64; what is your percentile?
55 percentile
From the chart on the bottom of page 239, use the list of discharges each day in
September, compute the mean, median, mode, and range. Round the mean and median to
one decimal point.
mean
48.7
median
50.5
mode
43
and
62
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Convert 1/6 to a percentage with two decimal places.
16.67%
Convert the following fractions to their simplest form:
3/9
4/8
1/5
3/5
124/248
1/3, 1/2, 1/5, 3/5, 1/2
A physician on your staff performed 44 cardiac catheterizations last month. 34 of those
treated were male.
What is the ratio of male patients to female patients who had cardiac catheterizations?
What is the proportion? Round to one decimal place.
17:5, 0.8
,Last year, you purchased equipment in the HIM department for $14,250. You have been
told that the equipment you bought has depreciated in value by 20 percent. What is the
value of the equipment now?
$11,400.00
Differentiate between the terms inpatient census and daily inpatient census.
Inpatient census: Hospital inpatient census taking at any given time
Daily inpatient census: Hospital inpatient census taking plus the number of patient that
admitted and discharged after the previous census taking time of the day before.
In 20XX, a hospital had 175 beds for adults and children from January 1 through June 30. On
July 1, the hospital increased its beds to 250 and the number remained at 250 through
December 31. During the first six months, 30,875 patient days of service were provided to
the hospital's adults and children. During the last six months, 36,982 days of service were
provided. Answer the following questions and round the answers to whole numbers. This is
a non-leap year.
What was the average daily inpatient census for the first six months?
171
In 20XX, a hospital had 175 beds for adults and children from January 1 through June 30. On
July 1, the hospital increased its beds to 250 and the number remained at 250 through
December 31. During the first six months, 30,875 patient days of service were provided to
the hospital's adults and children. During the last six months, 36,982 days of service were
provided. Answer the following questions and round the answers to whole numbers. This is
a non-leap year.
,What was the average daily inpatient census for the entire year?
186
The 15-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Hospital had 400 inpatient service
days during March. What is the percentage of occupancy? Round to one decimal place.
86.0%
What is the bed occupancy rate for the 15-bassinet Children's Hospital NICU during March
if the inpatient service days was 400? Round to one decimal place.
86.0%
During January through June, (non-leap year) a 50-bed hospital had 9,001 inpatient service
days. What is the percentage of occupancy? Round to one decimal place.
99.5%
The number of discharge days for a patient admitted January 23 to February 15 is _____.
23 days
What is the wait time for a patient who arrives at a physician's office at 8:20 a.m. and is
seen by the physician at 9:30 a.m.
, 70 minutes
Your medical terminology instructor listed the following grades for the class out of a 75-
point test: 34, 36, 41, 43, 44, 49, 50, 55, 57, 60, 64, 66, 67, 67, 67, 68, 68, 69, 70, 73
a. Find the 90th percentile.
69
b. Your score was 64; what is your percentile?
55 percentile
From the chart on the bottom of page 239, use the list of discharges each day in
September, compute the mean, median, mode, and range. Round the mean and median to
one decimal point.
mean
48.7
median
50.5
mode
43
and
62
