Procedures performed by hospitalist and non-hospitalist general internists

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 448-452

  Thakkar, Rajiv ^a   Wright, Scott M ^a   Alguire, Patrick ^b   Wigton, Robert S ^c   Boonyasai, Romsai T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalists; Non hospitalists; Procedures; Time activity criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN INCOME; THORACOCENTESIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 77951101671     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1284-2     Document Type: Article

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