title: Alta Bates uses hospitalists to reduce inpatient days, improve capitation performance.
abstract: Hospitalists managing inpatient care at Alta Bates Medical Center hospitals have been able to reduce commercial length of stay to 3.8 days from 6.2 days and Medicare length of stays to 4.2 days from 7.1 since 1999. Here's how.....
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D002204:Capitation Fee; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration; D020445:Hospitalists; D007297:Inpatients; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies