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  2. Case mix index - Wikipedia

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    The adjusted average cost per patient would reflect the charges reported for the types of cases treated in that year. If a hospital has a CMI greater than 1.00, their adjusted cost per patient or per day will be lower and conversely, if a hospital has a CMI less than 1.00, their adjusted cost will be higher. Example:

  3. Length of stay - Wikipedia

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    The term "average length of stay" (ALOS) is also applicable to other industries, e.g. entertainment, event marketing, trade show and leisure. ALOS is used to determine the length of time an attendee is expected to spend on a site or in a venue and is part of the calculation used to determine the gross sales potential for selling space to vendors etc. and affects everything from parking to ...

  4. Emergency Severity Index - Wikipedia

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    The ESI levels are numbered one through five, with levels one and two indicating the greatest urgency based on patient acuity. However, levels 3, 4, and 5 are determined not by urgency, but by the number of resources expected to be used as determined by a licensed healthcare professional ( medic/nurse ) trained in triage processes. [ 4 ]

  5. Defined daily dose - Wikipedia

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    The indicator DDD per 100 bed days estimates on average how many inpatients are given a drug every day in hospital. The indicator DDDs per inhabitant per year can be used for drugs normally prescribed for short treatment duration (e.g., antibiotics) to indicate the average number of days in a year a person may take that treatment. The extent to ...

  6. Medical resident work hours - Wikipedia

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    A 10-hour rest period between duty periods and after in-house call; A 24-hour limit on continuous duty, with up to 6 additional hours for continuity of care and education; No new patients to be accepted after 24 hours of continuous duty; One day in 7 free from patient care and educational obligations, averaged over 4 weeks, inclusive of call; and

  7. Utilization rate - Wikipedia

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    The second way to calculate the utilization rate is to take the number of billable hours and divide by a fixed number of hours per week. For example, if 32 hours of billable time are recorded in a fixed 40-hour week, the utilization rate would then be 32 / 40 = 80%. Note that with this second method it is possible to have a utilization rate ...

  8. Physical activity level - Wikipedia

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    The level of physical activity can also be estimated based on a list of the physical activities a person performs from day to day. Each activity is connected to a number, the physical activity ratio. The physical activity level is then the time-weighted average of the physical activity ratios.

  9. Loading dose - Wikipedia

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    So, the maintenance dose of foosporin is 100 milligrams (100 mg) per day—just enough to offset the amount cleared. Suppose a patient just started taking 100 mg of foosporin every day. On the first day, they'd have 100 mg in their system; their body would clear 10 mg, leaving 90 mg.