The hospitalist movement and its implications for the care of hospitalized children

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 473-477

  Bellet, Paul S ^a,c   Wachter, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MANAGED CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033027657     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.2.473     Document Type: Article

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