Question

1. At 11:59 p.m. on March 1, the census for Conroe Regional Medical Center was 523. On March 2, 41 patients were admitted, 27 were discharged, and two were admitted and discharged that day. In their CCU the census on March 1 was 14. On March 2, 8 patients were admitted, 3 were discharged, and one was admitted and later that day died in the CCU.

Answer the following questions by showing your calculations.  

1. Calculate the hospital's daily inpatient census for March 2.
2. Calculate the CCU's daily inpatient census for March 2.

Answer 1

Answer:

Community hospital census:	Calculations	Result
In-patient census at 11:59 pm on March 2		523
Patients admitted on March 2		41
Patients discharged/dies on March 2		27
Patients both admitted and discharged/dies on March 2		2
a)Hospital daily inpatient census on March 2	523+41-27+2	539
CCU:
Inpatient census at 11:59 pm om March 2		14
Patients admitted on March 2		8
Patients discharged/dies on March 2		3
Patients both admitted and discharged/dies on March 2		1
b)CCU's daily inpatient census for March 2.	14+8-3+1	20