Background: Prior studies of hospitalist services have suggested improved efficiency and
quality of care compared with traditional inpatient services. Objectives: To compare …

PURPOSE: Many studies have documented significant length of stay reduction and cost
savings when hospitalist care is compared with traditional care. However, less is known …

Background: Previous investigations of the effect of the hospitalist model on resource use
and patient outcomes have focused on academic medical centers or have used short follow …

Background: Hospitalists may decrease costs and improve outcomes in hospitalized
patients, but existing evidence is limited and has not identified mechanisms for such effects …

There is substantial disagreement regarding the impact of hospitalists on costs, quality, and
satisfaction with inpatient care. The authors reviewed 21 evaluations of the use of …

Background Despite the growth of hospitalist programs in Canada, little is known about their
effectiveness for improving quality of care and use of scarce healthcare resources. The …

Background The hospitalist model is rapidly altering the landscape for inpatient care in the
United States, yet evidence about the clinical and economic outcomes of care by hospitalists …

PURPOSE: Previous studies have examined the effects of hospitalists in urban academic
hospitals. We compared the outcomes of patients treated by hospitalists with those of …

Abstract BACKGROUND: Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
duty hour restrictions have led to the widespread implementation of non–house staff …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the independent effect of hospitalist status upon inpatient length
of stay after controlling for case mix, as well as patient‐level and provider‐level variables …