A comparison of outcomes of general medical inpatient care provided by a hospitalist-physician assistant model vs a traditional resident-based model

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Singh, Siddhartha ^a   Fletcher, Kathlyn E ^a,c   Schapira, Marilyn M ^a,c   Conti, Mary ^b   Tarima, Sergey ^a   Biblo, Lee A ^a   Whittle, Jeff ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Outcomes measurement; Physician assistant; Resident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIST PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT CARE MODEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRADITIONAL RESIDENT BASED CARE MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952465041     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.826     Document Type: Article

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