Baker Memorial Hospital
Baker Memorial Hospital, affiliated with the Massachusetts General Hospital, was the first "white collar hospital" in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It was meant to treat people from the middle class receive hospital care on an inpatient basis at affordable rates. Daily rates ranged between $4.50 and $6.50 with a daily cap of about $150.
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Mary Richardson left a $1,000,000 to fund the hospital in honor of her father, Richard Baker, Jr.
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• Name — Baker Memorial Hospital • Org Group — Massachusetts General Hospital • Location — West End • Region — Boston • State — Massachusetts • Country — US
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- 1.Bullard, F. Lauriston. MEMORIAL TO BAKER SUCCESS IN BOSTON; Hospital for 'White Collar' Folk Reports a Satisfactory Initial Year. The New York Times. 22 February 1931.
- 2.Emerson, Haven. The Baker Memorial: A Study of the First Ten Years of a Unit for People of Moderate Means at the Massachusetts General Hospital. JAMA. 117. 26. 2293. 10.1001/jama.1941.02820520089045.
- 3.Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Baker, Richard Jr. history.massgeneral.org.
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