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Patient day or inpatient day is more correctly termed _____.

a. Inpatient service day
b. Daily inpatient census
c. Total inpatient service day(s)
d. Census

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A patient day is termed as 'total inpatient service day(s)'. It is likely that the collective stay of 80 women, each staying more than five days, exceeds one year as 80 multiplied by 5 is already over a year.

Step-by-step explanation:

A patient or inpatient day is more correctly termed as total inpatient service day(s). This refers to the cumulative number of days spent by all inpatients in a hospital over a certain period.

Considering an individual stayed more than five days, and the average stay for 80 women was more than five days, it is certainly likely that the collective stay for the women was more than a year. Here's why: if each woman stayed just five days, that would total to 400 days (80 women x 5 days each), which already exceeds a year, and it's mentioned that the average stay was more than five days. Therefore, the sum of the women's stays would likely be well beyond a year.

Answer: c. Total inpatient service day(s)

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