Trends in hospital medicine: hospitalist advantages revealed.
Although research on hospitalists is in its infancy, this model appears to reduce health care costs while providing care of at least equal quality to that provided by primary care physicians. This paper reviews recent reports.
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Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. michotf@ccf.org
D017721:Hospital Costs; D020445:Hospitalists; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care