title: The hospitalist movement: wise or wishful thinking?
abstract: One-third of all health care expenditures--nearly 5% of the gross domestic product--relates to hospital care. Can hospitalists provide the financial solution?
authors.affiliation: Massasoit Community College, Brockton Hospital School of Nursing, Brockton, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017046:Cost Savings; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010819:Physician's Role; D014481:United States