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

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 …

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 …

Objective: To compare hospitalist physician and program characteristics in the United States
and Canada. Design: Cross-sectional study using survey instruments. Measurements …

BACKGROUND The model of inpatient medical management has evolved toward
Hospitalists because of greater cost efficiency compared to traditional practice. The optimal …

PURPOSE: We sought to determine the availability and utilization of, as well as physician
attitudes toward, the hospitalist model in the United States. SUBJECTS AND METHODS …

Background We studied patients of a hospitalistteaching service and patients receiving
routine private care (controlsubjects). We sought to evaluate whether inpatients cared for by …