Question 1

What was the relative frequency for the data in the 10,000-14,999 interval?

Accepted Answer

16.5% (25/152)

Question 2

The ____________________ denotes the middlemost value when the values are arranged in numerical order.

Accepted Answer

median

Question 3

What is an infection called that occurs more than 72 hours after admission?

Accepted Answer

A)  Community-acquired infection 
B)  Comorbidity 
C)  Complication 
D)  Nosocomial infection 
A)  Community-acquired infection 
B)  Comorbidity 
C)  Complication 
D)  Nosocomial infection D

Question 4

____________________ is a measure of how often data are classified in the same manner.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ is a measure of how often...

Question 5

What kind of data is shown?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What kind of data is shown?
 ...

Question 6

Which is the average number of days of service for each inpatient discharged within a given period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Median 
B)  Inpatient census 
C)  Average length of stay 
D)  Occupancy average 
A)  Median 
B)  Inpatient census 
C)  Average length of stay 
D)  Occupancy average

Question 7

Data collected from births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, deaths, and fetal deaths are all considered

Accepted Answer

A)  Registers of events. 
B)  Vital statistics. 
C)  Public health statistics. 
D)  Epidemiological data. 
A)  Registers of events. 
B)  Vital statistics. 
C)  Public health statistics. 
D)  Epidemiological data.

Question 8

Which fiscal agent provided more covered care for females than for others?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which fiscal agent provided more covered care...

Question 9

In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days for adults were 13,500. What was the average daily census?

Accepted Answer

A)  439.5 
B)  435.5 
C)  440 
D)  453.5 
A)  439.5 
B)  435.5 
C)  440 
D)  453.5

Question 10

The standard deviation is the most common measure of variation and is represented by the symbol S.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which hospital drew the fewest patients from the city?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which hospital drew the fewest patients from...

Question 12

Which statistic is most appropriate to use when describing ordinal or ranked data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mean 
B)  Median 
C)  Mode 
D)  Standard deviation 
A)  Mean 
B)  Median 
C)  Mode 
D)  Standard deviation

Question 13

Which is a measure of dispersion that is computed by taking the square root of the variance, thereby demonstrating how the values are spread around the mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mode 
B)  Median 
C)  Range 
D)  Standard deviation 
A)  Mode 
B)  Median 
C)  Range 
D)  Standard deviation

Question 14

Which of the following should be excluded in computing the net autopsy rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Death occurring under 48 hours 
B)  Postoperative deaths 
C)  Medical examiner deaths that cannot be autopsied 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Death occurring under 48 hours 
B)  Postoperative deaths 
C)  Medical examiner deaths that cannot be autopsied 
D)  None of the above

Question 15

In which column is the ratio specified?

Accepted Answer

The answer of In which column is the ratio specified?
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Question 16

The average lengths of stay in the intensive care, cardiac care, and intermediate care units were 13, 7, and 4 days, respectively. The three units have seen 18, 10, and 18 patients, respectively. What was the weighted average length of stay?

Accepted Answer

A)  6.2 days 
B)  7.4 days 
C)  7.9 days 
D)  8.2 days 
A)  6.2 days 
B)  7.4 days 
C)  7.9 days 
D)  8.2 days

Question 17

If a hospital has an SMR of 2.53 for a specific DRG, this means that the hospital has a _____% higher mortality for the DRG than was expected.

Accepted Answer

A)  153 
B)  2.53 
C)  1.0 
D)  50 
A)  153 
B)  2.53 
C)  1.0 
D)  50

Question 18

What is the term for the number of existing cases of a disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Incidence 
B)  Prevalence 
C)  Mortality 
D)  Morbidity 
A)  Incidence 
B)  Prevalence 
C)  Mortality 
D)  Morbidity

Question 19

What is the mean LOS for patients having community-acquired viral pneumonia?

Accepted Answer

11.8 days

Question 20

What type of data is weight, height, temperature, pulse, cost, or charges in dollars?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nominal 
B)  Ordinal 
C)  Discrete 
D)  Continuous 
A)  Nominal 
B)  Ordinal 
C)  Discrete 
D)  Continuous

What was the relative frequency for the data in the 10,000-14,999 interval?

The ____________________ denotes the middlemost value when the values are arranged in numerical order.

What is an infection called that occurs more than 72 hours after admission?

____________________ is a measure of how often data are classified in the same manner.

What kind of data is shown?

Which is the average number of days of service for each inpatient discharged within a given period?

Data collected from births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, deaths, and fetal deaths are all considered

Which fiscal agent provided more covered care for females than for others?

In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days for adults were 13,500. What was the average daily census?

The standard deviation is the most common measure of variation and is represented by the symbol S.

Which hospital drew the fewest patients from the city?

Which statistic is most appropriate to use when describing ordinal or ranked data?

Which is a measure of dispersion that is computed by taking the square root of the variance, thereby demonstrating how the values are spread around the mean?

Which of the following should be excluded in computing the net autopsy rate?

In which column is the ratio specified?

The average lengths of stay in the intensive care, cardiac care, and intermediate care units were 13, 7, and 4 days, respectively. The three units have seen 18, 10, and 18 patients, respectively. What was the weighted average length of stay?

If a hospital has an SMR of 2.53 for a specific DRG, this means that the hospital has a _____% higher mortality for the DRG than was expected.

What is the term for the number of existing cases of a disease?

What is the mean LOS for patients having community-acquired viral pneumonia?

What type of data is weight, height, temperature, pulse, cost, or charges in dollars?

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What was the relative frequency for the data in the 10,000-14,999 interval?

The ____________________ denotes the middlemost value when the values are arranged in numerical order.

What is an infection called that occurs more than 72 hours after admission?

____________________ is a measure of how often data are classified in the same manner.

What kind of data is shown?

Which is the average number of days of service for each inpatient discharged within a given period?

Data collected from births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, deaths, and fetal deaths are all considered

Which fiscal agent provided more covered care for females than for others?

In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days for adults were 13,500. What was the average daily census?

The standard deviation is the most common measure of variation and is represented by the symbol S.

Which hospital drew the fewest patients from the city?

Which statistic is most appropriate to use when describing ordinal or ranked data?

Which is a measure of dispersion that is computed by taking the square root of the variance, thereby demonstrating how the values are spread around the mean?

Which of the following should be excluded in computing the net autopsy rate?

In which column is the ratio specified?

The average lengths of stay in the intensive care, cardiac care, and intermediate care units were 13, 7, and 4 days, respectively. The three units have seen 18, 10, and 18 patients, respectively. What was the weighted average length of stay?

If a hospital has an SMR of 2.53 for a specific DRG, this means that the hospital has a _____% higher mortality for the DRG than was expected.

What is the term for the number of existing cases of a disease?

What is the mean LOS for patients having community-acquired viral pneumonia?

What type of data is weight, height, temperature, pulse, cost, or charges in dollars?

Health Care Systems

The Health Informatics and Information Management Profession

Health Information Infrastructure and Systems

Health Data Concepts and Information Governance

Data Access and Retention

Electronic Health Record Systems

Classification Systems, Clinical Vocabularies and Terminology

Technology, Applications and Security

Health Information Systems: Collaboration, Analysis, Design, Implementation, and Operations

Research and Epidemiology

Performance Management and Patient Safety

Data Analytics: Reporting, Interpretation, and Use

Public Health Informatics

Privacy and Health Law

Human Resource Management

Operational Management

Revenue Cycle and Financial Management

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