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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 …

With ever-increasing numbers of family physicians giving up their hospital privileges, the
large number of “orphaned” hospital patients has become a significant concern. Should …

Most health care professionals now recognize a hos-pitalist as a physician who dedicates
25% or more of his or her time to the practice of inpatient medicine and who manages the …

Ms. Morasch is DirecJor, Medical Practice Affairs, California Academy of Family Physicians
(CAFP), San Francisco. This article formed a part of" Family Physicians and Inpatient Care in …

(C (C) VERED IN FPM QUIZ t the 1997 AAFP Con-gress of Delegates, the hospitalist
movement was a hot topic. Many family physicians saw it as a threat to their scope of …

Background Despite the growing prevalence of hospitalist programs in Canada, it is not
clear what program features are deemed desirable by administrative and medical leaders …

The rapidly growing hospitalist model appears to be living up its promise to improve the
efficiency and perhaps the quality of hospital care. The important issues no longer relate to …

The fact that increasing numbers of family physicians are limiting themselves to an office
practice is alarming. There always has been a small minority of family physicians who chose …

Results Three main themes were identified as interest areas for family physicians:
descriptions of the hospitalist role and responsibilities; hypothesized benefits and risks of the …