BMAT 2012 · Question 10 · Rates
SaveThe codes for the different types of hospital are L (large), S (small), DC (diagnosis centre) and TC (treatment centre). The number of patient days is calculated from the number of days that patients were in hospital. For example, a day case (a patient who was not in hospital overnight) would count as 1 patient day and a patient staying in the hospital over 3 consecutive nights would count as 4 patient days. The rate given is the rate per 100,000 patient days.
Not all organisations had reported all data for 2010 by the time that the table was completed (so 2010 figures only include data to the end of November). If the number of patient days per month is constant and organisation 2 did have one case in December 2010, what would the rate of infection for that organisation in that year have been?