title: Hospital heavies. Venture capital bulks up companies that outsource medicine's newest specialty: inpatient-only care.
abstract: They're the designated drivers of inpatient care, cutting hospital stays by 19 percent on average. Yet as venture capital firms infuse hospitalist startup companies, some primary care doctors complain that their sickest patients are being taken away from them.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huff
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000639:trends; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D004470:Economics, Medical; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000639:trends*; D007449:Investments / Q000639:trends; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000639:trends; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States