The hospitalist model: A strategy for success in US hospitals?

Health Care Manager

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 310-317

  Harrison, Jeffrey P ^a   Ogniewski, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care hospitalization; Hospital efficiency; Hospital profitability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844276275     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200410000-00004     Document Type: Article

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