Heathcare Statistic - Hospital-acquired condition (HAC)

Heathcare Statistic

choose a health care statistic that health care managers would use, such as one of the following:

• Hospital-acquired condition (HAC)
• Emergency department visits
• Labor and delivery suite usage
• Ambulatory surgery procedures
• Hospital death rates
• Cesarean-section rate
• Wait time
• Adverse drug events

Research your chosen statistic, and provide information from an outside source—such as a journal article, accreditation agency report, government site, and so forth—that discusses the health care statistic in a real-life setting or situation.

Write 3-4 pages, not including the title page and reference page, in APA format that discusses the following:

• What was the reason for the research that was performed or for the data being collected?
• What was the source of the data presented?
• What types of descriptive statistics and graphical representations of data were used?
• What were the research question(s) and the significant findings of the article?
• How could the information presented be used to inform decisions or improvements?

Cite references using APA format, and remember to include a citation for the article that you are describing.