Hospitals collect data about both inpatients and outpatients on a daily basis. Statistics are used to monitor daily, weekly, and monthly trends. As one of the members of the Quality Committee, you are being asked to prepare a presentation to explain the hospital statistics that are most frequently analyzed at your organization.

Define the main types of statistics used within the healthcare field
What statistical analysis will you be using for your presentation
Why did you choose this particular method for presenting your data
Topics:
Inpatient Census and forecasting an annual census
Length of Stay and forecasting this annually
Hospital Death rate and forecasting this annually
Hospital Infection rate and forecasting this annually

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