Statistics Flashcards
Daily Inpatient Census
Total number of patients treated during a 24-hour period
Inpatient service day
Services received by one inpatient in one 24-hour period
Total inpatient
Sum of all inpatient services days for each of the days in the period
FORMULA: average daily census
Total inpatient service days for a period (excluding newborns)
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Total number of days in a period
Basic stats formula
How many times it happened
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How many times it could have happened
Length of Stay (LOS)
Number of calendar days from admission to discharge
Total length of stay
Sum of the days’ stay of any group of inpatients discharged during a specific period
FORMULA: Average LOS
Total LOS (discharge days) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Total number of discharges
Inpatient bed count
Number of available hospital beds, both occupied and vacant, on any given day
Inpatient bed count day
Counts the presence of one inpatient bed (occupied or vacant) that is set up and staffed for use in one 24-hour period
Total inpatient bed count day
Sum of inpatient bed count days for each of the days in a period
Percentage of occupancy
FORMULA:
Total number of inpatient service days for a period x 100
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Total inpatient bed count days x number of days in a period
Bed turnover Rate:
Direct formula:
Total number of discharges for a period
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Average bed count for same period
Bed turner over rate indirect formula:
Used when bed count changes during the period
Percentage of occupancy x days in the period X 100
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Average LOS
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