title: The benefits of using hospitalists.
abstract: A good hospitalist program will more than pay for itself by improving outcomes, reducing length of stay, and enhancing hospital efficiency. Moreover, the program can often attract primary care physicians who prefer to use the service of a hospitalist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA. bobw@medicine.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wachter
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007325:Institutional Practice; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D016730:Program Development; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States