Open AccessPhysician Views on Caring for Hospitalized Patients and the Hospitalist Model of Inpatient Care
Author(s) -
Auerbach Andrew D.,
Davis Roger B.,
Phillips Russell S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.91154.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inpatient care , family medicine , hospital medicine , certification , patient satisfaction , medline , utilization review , patient care , emergency medicine , health care , nursing , political science , law , economics , economic growth
We surveyed 241 board‐certified internists affiliated with a large teaching hospital (Boston, Mass) before implementing a hospitalist service to determine attitudes towards providing inpatient care and the hospitalist model. Of physicians surveyed, 66% responded. Most disagreed that inpatient care is “an inefficient use of my time,” only 10% felt a hospitalist service would improve patient satisfaction, and 54% felt it would hurt patient‐doctor relationships. Multivariable analyses suggest that physicians physically furthest from their inpatient site were had more favorable attitudes toward the hospitalist model; more experienced and busier physicians were more negative. Future investigations should determine strategies for implementing the hospitalist model which address physicians' concerns.