Discussion: Basic Demographic Information

Prior to beginning this discussion, please make sure to watch Screencast Part 1 and Screencast Part 2. The MHA610_Week 1_Discussion_Hospital data

(Excel) and MHA610_Week 1_Discussion_Hospital Data

(Statdisk) contains basic demographic information on 250 patients admitted to a

community hospital over a two week period. The first row of the worksheet

indicates the variable names:

Gender
Male (M) or female (F)

Ethnicity SevIllnessCode These are All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRG)
categories of severity of illness, ranging from:

SevIllnessDescr
Mild (Category 1) to extreme (Category 4)

Age
In years

Wt
Patient weight, in kilograms

Ht
Patient height, in centimeters

BMI
Patient body mass index (BMI), where BMI = wt/ht*2, with weight in

kilograms

and ht height in meters

APR-DRG
Denotes All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group, a widely used

inpatient

classification

system.

For this discussion, describe and summarize the demographic
information on these patients. You may use tables or graphs (or both) for this

purpose. Your goal is to convey to the reader an accurate snapshot of these

patients. Support your response with correct scholarly sources

 

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