The administrators of five hospitals in a major metropolitan area meet monthly. There is a perception among them that there has been a decrease in the number of patients being transferred to nursing homes recently. The administrators each ask the health data analysts from their respective health information management departments to provide a report that shows the number of patients discharged to each of the area nursing homes and for each of the past five calendar years. How will the health data analyst go about providing this information to their administrators?

What will be an ideal response?


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