The hospitalist movement - Time to move on

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2627-2629

  McMahon Jr , Laurence F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349051492     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe078208     Document Type: Editorial

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