1 a.) Discharges: Total Inpatient A/C Discharges 258 Total Newborn 022 Deaths: T

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1 a.)

Discharges:

Total Inpatient A/C Discharges                                    258

Total Newborn                                                                022

Deaths:

Total Inpatient A/C Deaths                                          009

Total Newborn Deaths                                                  001

Emergency Room Deaths & Outpatient Deaths        004

Autopsy:

Inpatient Autopsies                                                       006

ER / Outpatient Autopsies                                             003

Released to the coroner before autopsy                          002

Express in a percent. Round off to 2 decimals.

Gross Autopsy Rate: __________

b.)

A hospital had 180 newborn discharges for July. There was one newborn death. Calculate the newborn mortality rate.

Express as a percent and round off to 3 digits after the decimal point.

NEWBORN MORTALITY RATE: _____________________

Explanation / Answer

Mortality rate is the number of deaths during a particular period of time among a particular group.

Here:

The group is newborn babies,

Newborn mortality rate = (1/180)X100 = 0.556 %

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