Outcomes of Care by Hospitalists, General Internists, and Family Physicians
Author(s) -
Peter K. Lindenauer,
Michael B. Rothberg,
Penelope S. Pekow,
Christopher T. Kenwood,
Evan M. Benjamin,
Andrew D. Auerbach
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa067735
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , hospital medicine , confidence interval , myocardial infarction , emergency medicine , exacerbation , pneumonia , retrospective cohort study , mortality rate
The hospitalist model is rapidly altering the landscape for inpatient care in the United States, yet evidence about the clinical and economic outcomes of care by hospitalists is derived from a small number of single-hospital studies examining the practices of a few physicians.
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