Question 1

Bar Chart

Accepted Answer

A horizontal or vertical arrangement of rectangular shapes that represents data from one or more groups or categories

Question 2

Line Graph

Accepted Answer

One or more series of points connected by a line or lines to represent trends in time

Question 3

Pie chart

Accepted Answer

An arrangememt of pieces in a circular shape that represents the component parts of a single group or variable

Question 4

Histogram

Accepted Answer

An arrangement of rectangular shapes that represents distributions of continuous variables

Question 5

What term is used for the number of inpatients present at any one time in a healthcare facility?

Accepted Answer

Census

Question 6

Which of the following types of statistics are used to report information about mortality, morbidity, and natality at the local, state, and national levels?

Accepted Answer

All of the above are used to report information about mortality, morbidity, and natality (the ratio of births to the general population; the birth rate) at the local, state, and national levels.

Question 7

The most prevalent trend in the collection of secondary databases is _____________.

Accepted Answer

The increased use of automated data entry

Question 8

Critique this statement: Interrater reliability depends on the consistency of data collection activities among abstractors.

Accepted Answer

This is a true statement.

Question 9

Mr. Jones was admitted to the hospital on July 20 and discharged on August l. What was the length of stay for Mr. Jones?

Accepted Answer

12 days

Question 10

The creation of the National Practitioner Data Bank was mandated by _____________.

Accepted Answer

The Health Care Quality Improvement Act

Question 11

Which of the following databases was developed by the National Library of Medicine?

Accepted Answer

The Medical Literature, Analysis, and Retrieval System Online

Question 12

Which of the following statements best describes the difference between a hospital inpatient and a hospital outpatient?

Accepted Answer

Inpatients receive room, board, and continuous nursing services in areas of the hospital where patients generally stay overnight; outpatients receive ambulatory diagnostic and therapeutic services.

Question 13

Critique this statement: The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project is an interactive database supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The database facilitates the comparison of hospital statistics for the purpose of research and benchmarking.

Accepted Answer

This is a true statement.

Question 14

What term is used for the number of inpatients present at the census-taking time each day, plus any inpatients who were both admitted and discharged after the census-taking time the previous day?

Accepted Answer

Daily census

Question 15

Community Hospital had 245 patients in the hospital at midnight on April 1. The hospital admitted 30 patients on April 2. The hospital discharged 45 patients, including deaths, on April 2. Two patients were both admitted and discharged on April 2. What was the daily inpatient census at midnight on April 2?

Accepted Answer

232

Question 16

Community Hospital has a total of 2,755 inpatient service days for the month of June. What was the average daily census for the hospital during June?

Accepted Answer

91.8 patients

Question 17

Critique this statement: The National Center for Health Statistics is the agency within the Centers for Disease Control that gathers information on vital and health statistics in the United States.

Accepted Answer

This is a true statement.

Question 18

Critique this statement: Case definition for trauma registries is determined by individual facilities.

Accepted Answer

This is a true statement.

Question 19

Patient-identifiable data:

Accepted Answer

Information such as age and date of birth

Question 20

Demographic data:

Accepted Answer

Information such as age and date of birth

Question 21

Aggregate data:

Accepted Answer

Data extracted from individual patient records and combined to form information about groups of patients

Question 22

Primary data:

Accepted Answer

Information about the patient that is documented by the clinicians who provide services to the patient

Question 23

Secondary data:

Accepted Answer

Data derived from the primary patient record

Question 24

What is (are) the format problems with the following table?

Accepted Answer

There are blank cells.

Question 25

The IRB functions as a(n):

Accepted Answer

Ethics committee

Question 26

Community Hospital had 20 inpatient deaths, including newborns for the month of November. The hospital had a total number of 477 discharges for the same period, including deaths of adults, children and newborns. What was the hospital\'s gross death rate for November?

Accepted Answer

4%

Question 27

Given the numbers 45, 27, 7, 38, 29, 29, 34, and 53, what is the mode?

Accepted Answer

29

Question 28

What information is needed to calculate the net death rate for a period?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 29

Accession registry:

Accepted Answer

List of cases in a cancer registry arranged in the order in which the cases were entered

Question 30

Disease index:

Accepted Answer

List of diseases and conditions of patient treated in a facility, sequenced according to classification code numbers

Question 31

Disease registry

Accepted Answer

Central collection of data used to improve the quality of care and measure the effectiveness of a particular aspect of healthcare delivery

Question 32

Population-based registry

Accepted Answer

Registry that includes information from more than one facility in a geopolitical region

Question 33

Facility-based registry

Accepted Answer

Registry that includes only cases for a specific facility

Question 34

Operation index

Accepted Answer

List of the operations and procedures performed in a facility, sequenced according to classification code numbers

Question 35

Physician index

Accepted Answer

List of patients by physician, usually arranged by physician code numbers

Question 36

Trauma registry

Accepted Answer

List of patients with severe injuries

Question 37

Range

Accepted Answer

Represents the simplest measure of spread (or variability)

Question 38

Rate

Accepted Answer

Measure an event over time

Question 39

Ratio

Accepted Answer

Comparing quantities where x and y are completely independent of each other or x can be included in y.

Question 40

Which of the following statements does (do) not apply to inpatient length-of-stay data?

Accepted Answer

b and d above

Question 41

Given the numbers 50, 23, 14, 36, 33, 33, 38, and 53, what is the mean?

Accepted Answer

35

Question 42

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project is a major initiative of which organization within the federal government?

Accepted Answer

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Question 43

Secondary data sources consist of ____________.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 44

What term is used for the number of calendar days of an inpatient hospitalization from admission to discharge?

Accepted Answer

Length of stay

Question 45

Given the numbers 45, 18, 9, 31, 28, 28, 33, and 48, what is the median?

Accepted Answer

29.5

Question 46

The collection of information on healthcare fraud and abuse was mandated by HIPAA and resulted in the development of _____________.

Accepted Answer

The Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank

Question 47

Community Hospital discharged nine patients on September 1. The length of stay for each of the patients was as follows: for patient A, three days: for patient B, six days; for patient C, five days; for patient D, five days; for patient E, seven days; for patient F, nine days; for patient G, nine days; for patient H, ten days; patient I, nine days. What was the average length of stay for these nine patients?

Accepted Answer

7 days

Question 48

Critique this statement: The Medicare Provider Analysis and Review File is not made up of patient demographic data collected by acute care and skilled nursing facilities.

Accepted Answer

MEDPAR is actually made up of claims data which does include demographic data collected by acute care and skilled nursing facilities.

Question 49

A record is considered a primary data source when it ___________.

Accepted Answer

Contains information about the patient that has been documented by the professionals who provided care to the patient

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