HIMT 2150 CH 1 INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH STATISTICS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ambulatory Care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Preventive or corrective healthcare services provided on
a nonresident basis in a provider's office, clinic setting, or hospital outpatient setting
Census - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any
given time
Descriptive Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Statistics that describe populations
Encounter - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician
or other person authorized by state licensure law and, if applicable, by medical staff bylaws to order or
furnish healthcare services for the diagnosis or treatment of the patient
Home Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An umbrella term that refers to the medical and nonmedical
services provided to patients and their families in their places of residence; also called home care
Hospice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An interdisciplinary program of palliative care and supportive
services that addresses the physical, spiritual, social, and economic needs of terminally ill patients and
their families
Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A healthcare entity that has an organized medical staff and
permanent facilities that include inpatient beds and continuous medical and nursing services and that
provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for patients, as well as overnight accommodations and
nutritional services
Hospital inpatient - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A patient who is provided with room, board, and
continuous general nursing services in an area of an acute care facility where patients generally stay at
least overnight
Inferential Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Statistics that are used to make inferences from a
smaller group of data to a large one
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ambulatory Care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Preventive or corrective healthcare services provided on
a nonresident basis in a provider's office, clinic setting, or hospital outpatient setting
Census - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any
given time
Descriptive Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Statistics that describe populations
Encounter - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician
or other person authorized by state licensure law and, if applicable, by medical staff bylaws to order or
furnish healthcare services for the diagnosis or treatment of the patient
Home Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An umbrella term that refers to the medical and nonmedical
services provided to patients and their families in their places of residence; also called home care
Hospice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An interdisciplinary program of palliative care and supportive
services that addresses the physical, spiritual, social, and economic needs of terminally ill patients and
their families
Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A healthcare entity that has an organized medical staff and
permanent facilities that include inpatient beds and continuous medical and nursing services and that
provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for patients, as well as overnight accommodations and
nutritional services
Hospital inpatient - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A patient who is provided with room, board, and
continuous general nursing services in an area of an acute care facility where patients generally stay at
least overnight
Inferential Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Statistics that are used to make inferences from a
smaller group of data to a large one
