Bringing generalists into the hospital: Outcomes of a family medicine hospitalist model in Singapore

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Hock Lee, Kheng ^a   Yang, Yong ^a   Soong Yang, Kok ^a   Chi Ong, Biauw ^a   Seong Ng, Han ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Hospitalists; ICD 9 AM; Length of stay; Unscheduled readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 79952467359     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.821     Document Type: Article

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