Citations—Hospital Records
Hospital records are business records. These are created at the time and any information about that hospitalization should be considered primary. However, any information about the patient’s medical history should be evaluated to determine if it was provided by the patient or someone else in the family, a friend, or even an ambulance driver.
Elements of the citation could include: name of the name of the patient, information about the patient, hospital, city, state, repository, repository address, film number, and date accessed.
| First Footnote or Endnote | Subsequent Footnote or Endnote | Bibliography | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microfilm | [Name of Hospital] (City], [State].) “[Title of record].” p. [number], for [Name of patient], entry, [date of entry], record no. [number]; [Name of agency who microfilmed the record or made microfiche], microfilm/fiche [number], [Repository], [city], [state]. | [Name of Hospital] (City], [State].) “[Title of record].” p. [number], for [Name of patient], entry, [date of entry], record no. [number]. | [Name of Hospital] (City], [State].) “[Title of record or series if more than one volume or microfilm used].” [Name of agency who microfilmed the record or made microfiche], microfilm/fiche [number]. [Repository], [city], [state]. |
| Example | City Hospital #1 (St. Louis, Missouri), “Hospital registers Aug 1846–Jun 1860,” John McCue entry, 1 October 1852; City of St. Louis Microfilm Department, microfilm Y-2078, available as SLHL microfilm SLH-6, St. Louis County Library, St. Louis, Missouri. | City Hospital #1 (St. Louis, Mo.), “Hospital registers Aug 1846–Jun 1860,” John McCue entry, 1 October 1852. | City Hospital #1 (St. Louis, Missouri). “Hospital registers, 1846–1900, 1927.” City of St. Louis Microfilm Department microfilm available as SLCL microfilm. 16 rolls. St. Louis County Library, St. Louis, Missouri. |
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