South Houston General Hospital has 500 beds and 55 bassinets. As the HIM manager

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South Houston General Hospital has 500 beds and 55 bassinets. As the HIM manager, you report monthly statistical data of hospital operations to administration and departmental managers. Use the sta- tistics reported in Table 3-2 for February (a non-leap year) to calculate the following statistics

. 1. What is February’s average length of stay for adults and children? (Round to 1 decimal place.)

2. What is February’s average daily census for adults and children? (Round to a whole number.)

3. What is February’s average length of stay for newborns? (Round to 1 decimal place.)

4. What is February’s average daily census for newborns? (Round to a whole number.)

    Table 3-2    South Houston General Hospital Inpatient Activity February .

Inpatient activity                    Number of patients

Inpatient Service Days           

Adult and Pediateic                 12,345

Newborn                                 553

Discharges:

Adult and pediatric                   1,351

Newborn                                 93

Discharge days:

Adult and pediatric                    9,457

Newborn                                   231

Explanation / Answer

1 )   average length of stay =

9,457 discharge days/1,351 discharges = 7 days. (Count the day of admission but not discharge.)

2) average daily census

= total number of impatient service day/total number of days

= (12345)/28 = 440.89285

3) for newborn it is

231/93 = 2.483870

4)

average daily census

= total number of impatient service day/total number of days

= (553)/28 = 19.75

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