Barb Is Completing a Report for the Hospital Governing Board

question 61

Multiple Choice

Barb is completing a report for the hospital governing board. The board wants to review the types and categories of patients treated. Barb should use which data to prepare the report?

• A) Case mix
• B) Coding
• C) Inpatient census
• D) Severity of illness scores

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Definitions:

Habitat Loss

The process in which natural habitats are rendered unable to support the species present, leading to the displacement or extinction of its inhabitants.

Egg Collection

The practice of gathering eggs from the wild, often for scientific research, conservation, or as part of a collection hobby.

Carrying Capacity

The largest number of individuals of a species that an environment can support indefinitely, based on the availability of essential resources like food, habitat, and water.

Predation

A biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey, as a means of obtaining energy.