Onondaga Community College Health Statistics Paper
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Write a one-page paper detailing how health statistics are used in daily life. How do statistics play a role in predicting disease? What health statistics resources (CDC, NCHS, etc.`are out there? Explain what information can be found using these resources. Your paper should be 1.5 line spaced with an APA reference page.
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HIT 201 Health Statistics Extra Credit Assignment 2:
Worth 100 points
Due date: 12/11/2020
Instructions:
Answer the following questions and attach your answers as a word document. Show your
work where it is appropriate.
1. Which of the following is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health of the US population?
a.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
b.
Department of Health and Human Services
c.
Food and Drug Administration
d.
Environmental Protection Agency
2. Which of the following are unprocessed facts and figures?
a.
Numbers
b.
Data
c.
Statistics
d.
Knowledge
3.
The type of statistics that describes the characteristics of a group or population is called _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Inferential statistics
Descriptive statistics
Generalized statistics
Mathematical statistics
4. Determine the LOS for the following patients
Patient
Admitted
Discharged (same
year as
admission)
6/25
A
6/25
B
6/25
7/4
C
6/25
8/1
D
6/25
9/2
LOS
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5. Using the information in the table that follows, calculate the postoperative mortality rate at
Community Hospital during July. Nearest tenth of a percent.
Community Hospital
July 20XX Deaths
Surgery Service
Discharges (Does not include deaths)
Deaths
Within 10 days after surgery
More than 10 days after surgery
Number of operations
Number of patients operated on
483
9
5
4
495
480
6. 1. A coding supervisor must determine the number of FTEs needed to code 600 discharges per
week. If it takes an average of 20 minutes to code each record and each coding professional
works 7.5 productive hours per day, how many FTEs will the coding supervisor need? Round to
one decimal place.
7. A surgical procedure is a single manipulation that can be complete in itself. True or False?
8. surgical operation is one or more surgical procedures performed at one time using the same
approach and for a common purpose. True or False?
9. Rates are determined by dividing the number of times something happens by the number of
times it could have happened. True or false?
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10. Label the following graphs with their correct name.
A. Histogram
B. Pie Chart
C. Bar Chart
D. Scatter Diagram
E. Line graph
F. Run Chart
1. ______________
3._______________
2. ______________
4
4. _____________
5._______________
5
6.________________
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HIT 201 Health Statistics Extra Credit Assignment 2:
Worth 100 points
Due date: 12/11/2020
Instructions:
Answer the following questions and attach your answers as a word document. Show your
work where it is appropriate.
1. Which of the following is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health of the US population?
a.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
b.
Department of Health and Human Services
c.
Food and Drug Administration
d.
Environmental Protection Agency
2. Which of the following are unprocessed facts and figures?
a.
Numbers
b.
Data
c.
Statistics
d.
Knowledge
3.
The type of statistics that describes the characteristics of a group or population is called _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Inferential statistics
Descriptive statistics
Generalized statistics
Mathematical statistics
4. Determine the LOS for the following patients
Patient
Admitted
Discharged (same
year as
admission)
6/25
A
6/25
B
6/25
7/4
C
6/25
8/1
D
6/25
9/2
LOS
2
5. Using the information in the table that follows, calculate the postoperative mortality rate at
Community Hospital during July. Nearest tenth of a percent.
Community Hospital
July 20XX Deaths
Surgery Service
Discharges (Does not include deaths)
Deaths
Within 10 days after surgery
More than 10 days after surgery
Number of operations
Number of patients operated on
483
9
5
4
495
480
6. 1. A coding supervisor must determine the number of FTEs needed to code 600 discharges per
week. If it takes an average of 20 minutes to code each record and each coding professional
works 7.5 productive hours per day, how many FTEs will the coding supervisor need? Round to
one decimal place.
7. A surgical procedure is a single manipulation that can be complete in itself. True or False?
8. surgical operation is one or more surgical procedures performed at one time using the same
approach and for a common purpose. True or False?
9. Rates are determined by dividing the number of times something happens by the number of
times it could have happened. True or false?
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10. Label the following graphs with their correct name.
A. Histogram
B. Pie Chart
C. Bar Chart
D. Scatter Diagram
E. Line graph
F. Run Chart
1. ______________
3._______________
2. ______________
4
4. _____________
5._______________
5
6.________________
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