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1. The HIM professional reported to the quality improvement committee at Community
Hospital that there were 58 patients with influenza discharged from the hospital in
January. Of those, 3 died. What is the case fatality rate for influenza for January?
Round to two decimal places.
(3x100)/58 300/58=5.17%
2. Last month, the Women’s Hospital reported 123 obstetrical discharges and five
deaths. (The deaths are included in the discharges.) The causes of the five deaths
were:
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Injuries due to spousal abuse
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Injuries due to an automobile accident
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Suicide
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Hemorrhage after C-section due to severed uterine artery
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Pre-eclampsia
Calculate the direct maternal death rate for this hospital. Round to two decimal places.
123/5=24.6=25
Use the information in the table below to answer questions 3 through 5. In these
exercises, the deaths are included in the discharges; this includes deaths occurring in
less than 48 hours and postoperative deaths.
Community Hospital
Annual Statistics 20XX
Service
Discharges
Death
s
< 48 hours
Posto
p
Medicine
1,478
92
8
0
Surgery
1,385
25
10
2
Obstetrics
751
1
0
0
Newborn
753
1
1
0
Psychiatric
486
2
0
0
Rehabilitation
362
22
1
0
Total
5,215
143
20
2
Additional Information
Anesthetics administered
1,386
Anesthetic deaths
1
Patients operated on
1,385
Total livebirths
753
Fetal deaths:
Early
5
Intermediate
5
Late
1
3. What is the gross death rate for the Rehabilitation Service? 2.87%
4. What is the total hospital net death rate?
5. What is the postoperative death rate? 1.08% (4x100)/370=1.08
6. True or False? (If false, explain why.) In a one-month period, a 300-bed hospital with
20 bassinets reported 18 inpatient deaths. The medical staff performed six autopsies.
The gross autopsy rate is 32.50 percent. False
7. During the last quarter, Community Hospital had 22 inpatient deaths, seven of whom
were autopsied. Two of the 22 deaths were coroner’s cases, but one was autopsied by
the hospital pathologist (included in the seven). In addition, the following bodies were
brought to the hospital for autopsy: two former patients who died in the ER, one former
inpatient who died in a skilled nursing facility, two former inpatients who died at home,
and one patient who died during a round of outpatient chemotherapy. What is the
adjusted hospital autopsy rate? Round to two decimal places.(7+2+1+2+1)/ 22= 0.59
8. What is the principal difference between net autopsy rate and adjusted hospital
autopsy rate? The net autopsy rate considered only inpatient deaths
Use the information below to answer questions 9 through 11.
Women’s Hospital
September 20XX
Deliveries
284
Two sets of
twins
Births
286
Obstetrical
Discharges
287
First-time C-sections
5
Repeat C-sections
4
9. What is the C-section rate for September? 56.8=57%
10. What is the percentage of multiple births?1.40
11. What is the percentage of patients with multiple births?0.94
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12. In January, Community Hospital had 185 discharges, 9 deaths and 2 autopsies.
What is the gross autopsy rate? Round to two decimal places. 16.8=17