MATH HOME WORK

Length of Stay/Discharge Days 113

Name Date

NOTE Answers should be correct to two decimal places.

1. When does a patient acquire discharge days?

2. ls it possible for an individual patient to have over 365 discharge days? lf so, when?

3. What numbers are totaled to determine discharge days?

4. ln figuring the length of stay for a patient who is hospitalized for more than one day: a. ls the day of admission counted as a discharge day? Yes No b. ls the day of discharge counted as a discharge day? Yes No

5. How does a patient acquire a leave of absence day?

6. a. ln which formulae is a leave of absence day included in the computation? b. ln which formulae is a leave of absence day excluded?

7. Underwhatcircumstanceswouldapatient nothave anydischargedaysattheendof theyear?

8. Determine the lengths of stay for each of the following, assuming the dates occur in a non-leap year:

a. Admitted 8-03

b. Admitted 8-15

c. Admitted 12-01

d. Admitted 8-02

e. Admitted 3-24

f. Adrnitted 5-12

g. Admitted 2-28

h. Admitted 3-29 9. Healthful Hospital (April)

Bed/Bassinet cou nt Admissions Discha rges IPSD Discharge days

Discharged 8-04

Discharged 8-15

Discharged 2-08

Discharged 8-20

Discharged 4-04

Discharged 11-30

Discha rged 3-07

Discharged 4-01

A&C NB

180 905 895

4,824 4,785

15 B8

86 339 330

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