Healthcare Statistics Final Exam Study Tips
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 hospital's cancer registry reported 287 deaths to cancer patients with 3,821
discharges of patients with a primary diagnosis of cancer. What is the cancer death
rate? - ✔️✔️-7.51%
Using chart A - what is the net death rate is _____. - ✔️✔️-0.22%
Using chart A - what is the what is the newborn death rate? - ✔️✔️-0.05%
Using chart A - what is the what is the fetal death rate? - ✔️✔️-0.36%
Using chart A - what is the what is the cancer death rate? - ✔️✔️-9.38%
Using chart B - what is the gross autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-27.78%
, Using chart B - what is the net autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-28.74%
Using chart B - what is the adjusted hospital autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-34.04%
Using chart B - what is the newborn autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-66.67%
Using chart B - what is the fetal autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-57.14%
A hospital reported the following statistics for the past year: births, 1,702; deliveries,
1,708; C-sections, 360; and obstetrical discharges, 1,827. The C-section rate for that
year is _____. - ✔️✔️-21.08%
Using Chart C - what is the C-section rate for September? - ✔️✔️-3.17%
Using Chart D - calculate the rate of admissions approved for each month and for the
quarter. Round to two decimal places. - ✔️✔️-July
97.26%
August
99.55%
September
99.46%
Quarter
98.77%
The CDC is the lead agency that _____. - ✔️✔️-Is responsible for protecting the health
of the people of the United States.
Give an example of an intrahospital transfer. - ✔️✔️-A patient transfer from surgical
unit to medical unit.
List the days in each month for a non-leap year. - ✔️✔️-January 31 days
February 28 days
March 31 days
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 hospital's cancer registry reported 287 deaths to cancer patients with 3,821
discharges of patients with a primary diagnosis of cancer. What is the cancer death
rate? - ✔️✔️-7.51%
Using chart A - what is the net death rate is _____. - ✔️✔️-0.22%
Using chart A - what is the what is the newborn death rate? - ✔️✔️-0.05%
Using chart A - what is the what is the fetal death rate? - ✔️✔️-0.36%
Using chart A - what is the what is the cancer death rate? - ✔️✔️-9.38%
Using chart B - what is the gross autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-27.78%
, Using chart B - what is the net autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-28.74%
Using chart B - what is the adjusted hospital autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-34.04%
Using chart B - what is the newborn autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-66.67%
Using chart B - what is the fetal autopsy rate? - ✔️✔️-57.14%
A hospital reported the following statistics for the past year: births, 1,702; deliveries,
1,708; C-sections, 360; and obstetrical discharges, 1,827. The C-section rate for that
year is _____. - ✔️✔️-21.08%
Using Chart C - what is the C-section rate for September? - ✔️✔️-3.17%
Using Chart D - calculate the rate of admissions approved for each month and for the
quarter. Round to two decimal places. - ✔️✔️-July
97.26%
August
99.55%
September
99.46%
Quarter
98.77%
The CDC is the lead agency that _____. - ✔️✔️-Is responsible for protecting the health
of the people of the United States.
Give an example of an intrahospital transfer. - ✔️✔️-A patient transfer from surgical
unit to medical unit.
List the days in each month for a non-leap year. - ✔️✔️-January 31 days
February 28 days
March 31 days
