Question

The inpatient census at midnight is 75. Four patients were admitted in the morning; one died 4 hours later, three were transferred to another facility the same day. The inpatient service days for that day will be

Answer 1

The inpatient census at midnight is 75

if four patients where admitted this brings the census to 79

one died

inpatient service days should be 79

The daily inpatient census is correctly defined as the number of inpatients present at census-taking time each day plus the number of inpatients who were both admitted and discharged after the census-taking time the previous day.