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Straaten, Jessie van (2024)

The Stadsziekenhuis and its patients: Patterns in patient admission and mortality between 1867 and 1915 in Hoorn

Research master thesis | History (research) (MA)

This thesis examines the patient registers of the Stadsziekenhuis in Hoorn. A database was constructed to analyse the patterns in patient admission and patient mortality between 1867 and 1915. Firstly, the function of the hospital as an institution is investigated. Subsequently, this thesis explores the characteristics of the patients that were admitted. Finally, the mortality patterns are examined to provide an answer to the question of which patients were most likely to die during their hospitalisation.

Hospitals

Health

Mortality

Hoorn

Healthcare

Nineteenth Century

Hospital Patients

Author

Straaten, Jessie van

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence

Supervisors

Walhout, E.C.

ECTS Credits

30

Language

en