An Additional Measure Recommended by HQA (Hospital Quality Alliance) for a Patient

question 28

Multiple Choice

An additional measure recommended by HQA (Hospital Quality Alliance) for a patient with the diagnosis of pneumonia would be

• A) thrombolytic agent received within 30 minutes of hospital arrival
• B) smoking cessation advice/counseling
• C) blood culture performed prior to first antibiotic received in the hospital
• D) prophylactic antibiotic received within 1 hour prior to surgical incision

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the analysis of statistical parameters.

Matched Pairs Experiment

An experimental design in which subjects are paired based on similarity in one or more characteristics, with one member of each pair receiving the treatment and the other serving as a control.

T-Test

A statistical test used to compare the mean values of two groups, which might come from independent samples or from matched pairs of samples.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values within a statistical calculation that are free to vary without violating any constraints.