Effect of hospitalist-care coordinator team on a nonteaching hospitalist service

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-109

  O'Leary, Kevin ^a   Lindquist, Lee A ^a   Colone, Marcia A ^b   Haviley, Corinne ^b   Thompson, Jason A ^a   Baker, David W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Hospital medicine; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; TELEPHONE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44249088820     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.280     Document Type: Article

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