Beginning January 1, Community Hospital had 175 inpatient beds. On June 15, the bed count was increased to 200. The hospital provided 67,106 service days to inpatients and 68,012 service days to discharged patients. In addition, there were 9,601 admissions and 9,488 discharges. What is the average daily census for the year? What is the ALOS for the year? What is the bed occupancy rate for the year
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The answer is 97.4%, but I don't know how it is calculate.
To find the average daily census for the year, you need to calculate the average number of inpatient beds occupied each day. The formula is as follows:
Average Daily Census = (Total Service Days / Number of Days in the Year)
To calculate the total service days, you need to add up the service days for inpatients and discharged patients:
Total Service Days = Service Days for Inpatients + Service Days for Discharged Patients
Given the information provided, we know the service days for inpatients is 67,106 and for discharged patients is 68,012.
Total Service Days = 67,106 + 68,012 = 135,118
Assuming that there are 365 days in a year, we can now calculate the average daily census:
Average Daily Census = 135,118 / 365 = 369.836
Rounded to the nearest whole number, the average daily census for the year is 370.
Moving on to calculate the Average Length of Stay (ALOS) for the year, we need to divide the total service days for inpatients by the number of admissions:
ALOS = Service Days for Inpatients / Number of Admissions
Using the information provided, we know the service days for inpatients is 67,106 and the number of admissions is 9,601.
ALOS = 67,106 / 9,601 = 6.98
So, the Average Length of Stay for the year is approximately 6.98 days.
Lastly, to find the bed occupancy rate for the year, we divide the total service days by the number of beds and then multiply by 100 to get the percentage:
Bed Occupancy Rate = (Total Service Days / (Number of Beds * Number of Days in the Year)) * 100
Given the information provided, we know the number of inpatient beds was 175 until June 15 and then increased to 200.
For the purpose of this calculation, we assume a year has 365 days.
Therefore, the bed occupancy rate can be calculated as:
Bed Occupancy Rate = (135,118 / (175 * 165) * 100 = 68.60%
So, the bed occupancy rate for the year is approximately 68.60%.