title: A note on the history of the calculation of hospital statistics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Hospital, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vandenbroucke
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vandenbroucke-Grauls
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000401:mortality; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D010343:Patient Admission; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom