Hospitalists and the Costs and Outcomes of Hospital Care

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Summaries for Patients3 December 2002Hospitalists and the Costs and Outcomes of Hospital CareSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-137-11-200212030-00002 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail What is the problem and what is known about it so far?American doctors have traditionally spent part of their day seeing patients in their offices and part of their day seeing patients in the hospital. However, many hospitals have begun to use doctors called hospitalists. Hospitalists spend a large portion of their time taking care of hospitalized patients. The concept of hospitalists was developed to improve quality and reduce costs. Because of increases in the hospital patients' level of illness and the specialized nature of hospital care, it is difficult for doctors to split their time between the outpatient ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: The summary below is from the full report titled “Effects of Physician Experience on Costs and Outcomes on an Academic General Medicine Service: Results of a Trial of Hospitalists.” It is in the 3 December 2002 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 137, pages 866-874). The authors are D Meltzer, WG Manning, J Morrison, MN Shah, L Jin, T Guth, and W Levinson.Summaries for Patients are a service provided by Annals to help patients better understand the complicated and often mystifying language of modern medicine.Summaries for Patients are presented for informational purposes only. These summaries are not a substitute for advice from your own medical provider. If you have questions about this material, or need medical advice about your own health or situation, please contact your physician. The summaries may be reproduced for not-for-profit educational purposes only. Any other uses must be approved by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoEffects of Physician Experience on Costs and Outcomes on an Academic General Medicine Service: Results of a Trial of Hospitalists David Meltzer , Willard G. Manning , Jeanette Morrison , Manish N. Shah , Lei Jin , Todd Guth , and Wendy Levinson Metrics 3 December 2002Volume 137, Issue 11Page: I-25KeywordsAcademic medicineHospital medicineHospitalistsLearning curvesOutpatient clinicsPatients ePublished: 3 December 2002 Issue Published: 3 December 2002 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2002 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...