What Rate Is Used to Indicate the Percentage of the Hospital's

question 2

Multiple Choice

What rate is used to indicate the percentage of the hospital's beds occupied by inpatients for a given time period?

• A) Percent occupancy
• B) Total length of stay
• C) Inpatient bed occupancy rate
• D) Both a and c

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Regression Model

A mathematical representation used to estimate the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Normally Distributed Residuals

Residuals (the differences between observed and predicted values) that are distributed according to a normal distribution, indicating a good fit for a linear model.

Normal Probability Plot

A graphical technique used to determine if a data set approximates a normal distribution, by plotting observed values against theoretically expected values in a normal distribution.

Histogram

A graphical representation that uses bars to show the frequency distribution of a dataset.