Community Hospital has 15 bassinets with 286 newborn inpatient service days Octo

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Community Hospital has 15 bassinets with 286 newborn inpatient service days October. What is the average daily census for October. Round to a whole number. The planning committee for Metropolitan Hospital is studying the activity of burn unit which has 15 beds. During the third quarter of the year, (July, August, September) there were 1,356 inpatient service days. What is the average daily census for this period? How could this information be important to the planning committee at Metropolitan Hospital? Round to a whole number. University Hospital is a 765-bed facility with 250,415 inpatient service days for the past year. What was their average daily census for the period? Round to a whole number. In February 20XX (a leap year) Children's Hospital reported that they had 500 inpatient service days in their neurosurgery unit. What was the average inpatient daily census? Round to a whole number. Of the 500 inpatient service days in the above example, 386 were Dr. Smith's patients. What percentage of inpatient service days did Dr. Smith have in the neurosurgery unit? Round to one decimal place.

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Average daily census = Total inpatient service days/Total days in the given period

Total days in the third quarter = 31+31+30 = 92 days

So,

Average daily census = 1356/92 = 14.74

So, rounding up, the answer is 15.

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