Comparison of hospital costs and length of stay for community internists, hospitalists, and academicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 662-667

  Everett, George ^a   Uddin, Nizam ^b   Rudloff, Beth ^a  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Hospitalist; Medical care costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250366633     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0148-x     Document Type: Article

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