Bob and Pat are trying to decide where to spend their retirement.  They have narrowed the field to four retirement centers.  Their decision will be based largely upon the quality of care offered at the hospitals local to each of the retirement communities. They are researching the closest vicinity hospital to each of the retirement centers, and they want to know each hospital's death rate.   Use the statistics listed in Table 6 to calculate the gross death rate (rounded to 1 decimal place) for each retirement center.   Table 6   Hospital Death Statistics Hospital Death Statistics Hospital          Discharged Patients     Inpatient Deaths     Death Rates Northern Sea Breeze         223                           23                     Great Plains City               418                            28                     Rocky Mount Center        215                            32                      South Beach Cove             319                            29                        Based on the data, where will Bob and Pat choose to live?     Explain why   2.  Which is the least desired?    Explain why

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Bob and Pat are trying to decide where to spend their retirement.  They have narrowed the field to four retirement centers.  Their decision will be based largely upon the quality of care offered at the hospitals local to each of the retirement communities. They are researching the closest vicinity hospital to each of the retirement centers, and they want to know each hospital's death rate.  

Use the statistics listed in Table 6 to calculate the gross death rate (rounded to 1 decimal place) for each retirement center.  


Table 6   Hospital Death Statistics

Hospital Death Statistics

Hospital          Discharged Patients     Inpatient Deaths     Death Rates

Northern Sea Breeze         223                           23                    

Great Plains City               418                            28                    

Rocky Mount Center        215                            32                     

South Beach Cove             319                            29                    

 

  1.  Based on the data, where will Bob and Pat choose to live?     Explain why

 

2.  Which is the least desired?    Explain why

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The death rate is also called the mortality rate.

The death rate is the ratio of the total number of deaths and a total number of patients and then multiply that ratio by 100.

The quality of care offered at the hospitals is negatively correlated to the death rate.

 

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