Hospitalist physicians have emerged over the past two decades to become dominant
providers of inpatient care in North American hospitals. Despite their widespread adoption …

Background Despite more than a decade of research on hospitalists and their performance,
disagreement still exists regarding whether and how hospital-based physicians improve the …

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: Hospitalist groups are heterogeneous and the ideal model for inpatient care
is not known. Organizational characteristics of hospitalists may impact outcomes.• Objective …

The use of hospitalists in the care of in‐patients is a relatively new phenomenon in the USA–
hospitalists are delivering medical care to patients in private practice, public hospitals, and …

Background: Hospitalists have become dominant providers of inpatient care in many North
American hospitals. Despite the global growth of hospital medicine, no objective method has …

Objective: To study care outcomes associated with a network of hospitalist services
compared to traditional providers. Design: Retrospective review of administrative data …

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 …

In the 1990s, financial pressures combined with logistical concerns pressured general
internists to choose between inpatient and outpatient practice. Those who decided to focus …

BACKGROUND: Hospital leaders usually provide financial support to hospitalists groups,
often with an expectation of improved performance on publicly reported quality metrics …