Economic and healthcare forces of hospitalist movement

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 424-429

  Bishop, Tara F ^a   Kathuria, Navneet ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital costs; Hospitalist cost effectiveness; Hospitalist economics; Hospitalist quality; Hospitalist workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149107398     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20069     Document Type: Article

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