Question

Developing a baseline level of performance for an operational metric includes all but which of the following?

	a.	Defining the measurement and data elements of the metric
	b.	Including all data points available, excluding none
	c.	Defining the data gathering methodology
	d.	Establish a desired outcome to be measured

Occupancy percentage is calculated as

	a.	(Inpatient days ÷ total patient days) x 100
	b.	(Adjusted patient days ÷ adjusted discharges) x 100
	c.	(Average daily census ÷ beds in operation) x 100
	d.	(Average daily census ÷ discharges in the period) x 100

Answer 1

1.A baseline level of performance for an operational metric is the minimum or starting point used for comparison . A baseline for your performance measure is the average level of performance that you are currently at and will compare with future performance level.

- defining the measurements and data elements of the metric

- defining the data gathering methodology

- establish a desired outcome to be measured.

2. The bed occupancy rate is the percentage of official beds occupied by hospital inpatients for a given period of time.

Formula to calculate bed occupancy rate is :-

Total number of daily inpatient census for a given period×100 / Total number of inpatient bed count days for the same period .

so ,the answer is option C)

Average daily census ÷ beds in operation × 100