[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ralph Myers, October 12, 1960] Page: 3 of 4
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alvestonians
One Thi'rd of
TrY L SARA fRFWriy a fifth of all patient days in medi-
Tribune Staff Writer cal branch hospitals.
A lrhnugh the University of Tex- The total number of
medical branch attracts pa- admitted to medical branch los-
rnrs from all over the state, pitals for the 1959-60 fiscal year,
'ijr-es for the past fical yearwhich ended Aug. 31, was 14,SU_
1"'lesfsed this week, show Galves- 01 whom 4721 were Galvestonians,
""pn mad uped thisd ehof taes The total number of patients spent
naade up a third of the 267,250 patient days in the ios-
rrntl,, and1 gpp pitals. Galveston patients had
51,057 hospital days.
Forty per cent of all the p;-
tients paid all their hospital ex-
renses and 60 per cent were p r-
tay or no-pay. The non-pavin;,
patient was in the minority, the
records show, since a $3 minimum
was set for indigents several
I years ago. Among Galveston pa-
tients, 1580 were full pay and
3141 were part or no pay. This
tab is, picked up by the City
of Galveston which pays the medt-
cal- branch $200,000 annually jo-
services to indigents.
Last fiscal year the medical
branch had 14,613 patients spend-
ing 286,654 patient days.
The figures show the medical
branch's $9,994,000 income for
the fiscal year was derived from
two sources. The state allocation
was $6,557,162 and $3,415,838 came
rom patient fees, student fees,
,overnment contracts and other y
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Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967. [Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ralph Myers, October 12, 1960], letter, October 12, 1960; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1504385/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.