Journal article
Outcomes of Care by Hospitalists
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.358(16), pp.1755-1758
04/17/2008
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc080089
PMID: 18420512
Abstract
To the Editor:
The article by Lindenauer and colleagues (Dec. 20 issue)
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compares the outcomes of care by hospitalists with the outcomes of traditional models of care. As physicians who have practiced both as hospitalists and as primary care physicians, we believe that the authors failed to consider other pivotal variables. First, hospitalists are employed by either the hospital or a private contracting company; this variable affects both the number of admissions and their appropriateness. Second, the authors did not compare physician experience and the rate of consultations per case when comparing hospitalist and traditional practice models. Third, sample homogeneity . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Outcomes of Care by Hospitalists
- Creators
- Moutasim H Al-Shaer - Cy-Fair Cardiovascular Associates, Houston, TX 77065Ehab S Suleiman - Iowa Health Physicians, Waterloo, IA 50703William P Jerome - Trinity Internal Medicine Specialists, Bettendorf, IA 52722Eugene S Chu - Denver Health Medical CenterRichard K Albert - Denver Health Medical CenterMing Wei - Holy Hospital, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050Derek van Amerongen - Humana of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH 45202Peter K Lindenauer - Baystate Medical CenterMichael B Rothberg - Baystate Medical CenterAndrew D Auerbach - University of California, San Francisco
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.358(16), pp.1755-1758
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMc080089
- PMID
- 18420512
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/17/2008
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984771643702771
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