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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."<ref name="title">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?term=Hospitalists |title=Hospitalists |accessdate=2008-01-04 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2008 |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> | '''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."<ref name="title">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?term=Hospitalists |title=Hospitalists |accessdate=2008-01-04 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2008 |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:36, 21 January 2008
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]
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.