Evaluating the impact of hospitalists

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 376-381

  Showstack, Jonathan ^a   Katz, Patricia P ^a   Weber, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

FORECASTING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033573834     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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