Internal Code: 1HBBC
Report Writing Assignment:
Task:
Background: You have been engaged as a consultant to the Local Health District (LHD). The LHD governing council requires you to develop a report based on data from ‘UTS Hospital’ (an Australian public hospital situated in New South Wales) to address issues related to AR-DRGs O65A/B ‘Other Antenatal Admissions (with or without complicating diagnoses)’ . The report must contain a data analysis strategy, the analysis, and appropriate reference to the literature. Note that the governing council is primarily interested in the analysis, and expects clear recommendations that apply to, and are implementable by, ‘UTS Hospital’.
1. Locate the UTS Hospital data file from the Data Files folder in UTSOnline.
2. Refer to the topic area below. Investigate the issues you are asked to, by a. Researching the issue in the literature b. Designing a data analysis strategy c. Conducting the analysis
3. Produce a written report no longer than 2500 words for the LHD council based on the supplied data (UTS Hospital data file) on the topic given below.
4. The report must contain brief background literature, a data analysis, results (including tables and figures), and discussion and appropriate recommendations that integrate the findings and the background literature.
5. Includes tables or figures as appropriate (for example, to profile the target group or to show comparisons).
Topic: