title: Hospitalists may spur return to global capitation.
abstract: The steady increase in the use of hospitalists by health plans, hospitals, and physician groups will spur a return to global capitation contracts, predicts one expert. Find out how capitated groups are using inpatient physicians to cut utilization and boost efficiency for client hospitals, making capitation a much more attractive proposition.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002204:Capitation Fee; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000592:standards; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000191:economics*; D007297:Inpatients; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States