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PUBLIC HEALTH May, 1942 daily census of patients increased from was founded under circumstances hard 87 in 1930 to 208 in 1939 and the per- to duplicate. It has had generous centage of beds occupied, from 54 per financial backing; its parent hospital is cent in the former year to 86 per cent one of the great institutions of clinical in the latter. investigation and teaching; many of the The average Baker Memorial patient professional staff are distinguished leadhad an annual personal income between ers in their fields of work, their pro$2,000 and $2,500; he remained in the fessional standards are high, and many hospital 13.4 days; he paid $66.06 for have reputations which inevitably would professional services, and for hospitali- draw patients to the hospital. In this interesting report Dr. Emerzation expenses, $119.09. Thus his hospital experience cost him about 8.5 per son has made available data accumucent of his annual income. In 1939 lated during the first 10 years of the the 300 doctors who had patients under Baker Memorial experience. His aptheir care in the Baker Memorial re- proach has been quantitative and his ceived from them an average of $1,290 emphasis, like that of
American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association
Published: May 1, 1942
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