Assignment:
Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the student should be able to:
Retrieve requested patient data from a hospital database.
Calculate mortality/autopsy rates for a specific time period.
Definitions for the Assignment
Medical Patient is a patient who has no procedure code listed in the Principal Procedure column OR has a minor diagnostic or therapeutic procedure (codes 87.0-99.99) listed in the Principle Procedure Column
Surgical Patient is a patient with a Surgical Procedure code listed in the Principal Procedure column (excluding principal procedures which are minor diagnostic procedures - codes 87.0 to 99.99)
Calculating Mortality and Autopsy Statistics
Using the Community Hospital Death Register, compute the following rates. Be sure to show your computations.
1. Compute the gross autopsy rate for the period.
2. Compute the gross autopsy rate for medical patients. (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)
3. Compute the gross autopsy rate for surgical patients. (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)
4. Compute the gross autopsy rate for patients who expired within two days of surgery.
5. Compute the percentage of total deaths that were surgical. (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)
6. Compute the percentage of total deaths that were medical (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)
7. Compute the percentage of surgical deaths in which the patient died within two days of surgery.
Attachment:- Communtiy Hosptial Death Register.rar