Hospitalist
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Hospitalists are "physicians who are employed to work exclusively in hospital settings, primarily for managed care organizations. They are the attending or primary responsible physician for the patient during hospitalization."[1]
Hospitalists may provide more efficient care of patients in the hospital than primary care physicians.[2] Hospitalists may perform more procedures than other primary care physicians.[3]
References
- ↑ National Library of Medicine (2008). Hospitalists. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- ↑ Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD (2007). "Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians". N. Engl. J. Med. 357 (25): 2589–600. DOI:10.1056/NEJMsa067735. PMID 18094379. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Thakkar R, Wright SM, Alguire P, Wigton RS, Boonyasai RT (2010). "Procedures performed by hospitalist and non-hospitalist general internists.". J Gen Intern Med 25 (5): 448-52. DOI:10.1007/s11606-010-1284-2. PMID 20195784. Research Blogging.