title: The case for hospitalists: effectiveness or expediency?
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rivo
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004526:Efficiency; D005194:Family Practice; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care