Question

Community Hospital had 275 discharges in July. There were six inpatient deaths. The hospital pathologist performed three of the autopsies. Also during this time, four outpatients died and two home health patients died and were brought to the hospital for autopsy. What is the adjusted hospital autopsy rate? Express in a percent. Round to two decimal places.

Answer 1

The postmortem examination of the body tissues and organs in the health care organization to determine the cause of death is called autopsy. From the given data community hospital discharge 275 patient and 6 patients are dead. The hospital pathologist performed three of the autopsies. At the same time, four dead outpatients and two home health patients died, and they were allowed to the hospital for autopsy. 6 Number of deaths Number of autopsy's | Available bodies for autopsy 6+3=9 6+4+2=12 Calculation: Total number of autopsy's x100 Adjusted Hospital autopsy rate= Number of available bodies for autopsy's 6+3x100 6+4+2 9x100 _900 12 = 75.00% Hence, the final answer is 75.00%