title: Hospitalist workload: the search for the magic number.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wachter
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D057209:Hospital Rapid Response Team / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*