Implementation of a hospitalist system in a large health maintenance organization: The Kaiser Permanente experience

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 355-359

  Craig, Diane E ^a   Hartka, Liz ^b   Likosky, William H ^a   Caplan, William M ^a   Litsky, Paul ^a   Smithey, Jannalee ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033573852     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-4-199902161-00005     Document Type: Article

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