MHA 705 Module 4 Exam With Verified Questions and Answers
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MHA 705
MHA 705 Module 4 Exam With Verified
Questions and Answers
Nominal level data - answergroups or categories of data. mutually exclusive, can't be in more
than 1 group or category. ex: patient demographics, payer. no particular order.
notifiable diseases - answerdiseases for which health officials...
MHA 705 Module 4 Exam With Verified
Questions and Answers
Nominal level data - answer✔✔groups or categories of data. mutually exclusive, can't be in more
than 1 group or category. ex: patient demographics, payer. no particular order.
notifiable diseases - answer✔✔diseases for which health officials request or require reporting for
public health reasons
ordinal data - answer✔✔the order of the numbers is meaningful, not the numbers themselves.
bar charts - answer✔✔Used when data is divided into categories (discrete data)
The bars are separated to show different categories
interval level data - answer✔✔intervals between successive values are equal
pie chart - answer✔✔a chart that shows the relationship of a part to a whole
ratio level data scale - answer✔✔highest level of measurement. there's is a defined unit of
measure, a real zero point, add the intervals are equal
line graph - answer✔✔a graph that uses one or more lines to show changes in statistics over time
or space. does not represent frequency distribution
discreet variables - answer✔✔fall into categories and can only take in a limited number of values
and have gaps between successive values
Histogram - answer✔✔a bar graph depicting a frequency distribution
continue variables - answer✔✔no gaps in the measurement data. either interval or ratio level.
some of the ratio level variables are discreet
frequency polygon - answer✔✔A line figure used to present data from a frequency distribution
daily inpatient census - answer✔✔Official count of inpatients present at midnight, calculated
each day. Calculated by inpatient census at midnight prior day + admissions - discharges
(including deaths) + patients that were admitted and discharged same day
scatter chart - answer✔✔A chart that shows the relationship between two categories of data;
sometimes called an XY chart.
inpatient service day - answer✔✔A unit of measure equivalent to the services received by one
inpatient during one 24-hour period. also equal to the daily inpatient census for 1 24-hr period
bubble chart - answer✔✔A type of scatter plot with circular symbols used to compare three
variables; the area of the circle indicates the value of a third variable
adults and children census vs newborn census - answer✔✔adults and children are counted
together. newborns are counted separately due to the intensity of services provided to adults and
children is greater than those provided to newborns
mean - answer✔✔the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and
then dividing by the number of scores
average daily census - answer✔✔total inpatient service days for given period ÷ number of days
in same period
Median - answer✔✔the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half are
below it
inpatient bed occupancy rate or percentage of occupancy - answer✔✔percent of official beds
occupied by inpatient for given period of time. calculation: total number of inpatient service days
for given period ÷ total number of inpatient bed count days for same period
mode - answer✔✔the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
bed count days - answer✔✔The total number of inpatient beds times the total number of days in
the period
range - answer✔✔the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution
bed turnover rate - answer✔✔Number of average times a bed changes occupants during a
specific period of time. calculation: risk number of discharges, including deaths for given period
÷ average bed count for same period
Variance - answer✔✔the square of the standard deviation
LOS: length of stay - answer✔✔is calculated fore each patient after he/she is discharged. It is the
number of calendar days from the day of pt admission to the day of discharge. LOS is never
reported as fraction. Admit and discharged same day is 1 day LOS.
standard deviation - answer✔✔a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean
score
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