Specialty hospitalists: Analyzing an emerging phenomenon

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1699-1700

  Nelson, John R ^a   Wellikson, Laurence ^b   Wachter, Robert M ^c  

^a Overlake Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^b Society of Hospital Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; SHORT SURVEY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84860157684     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.526     Document Type: Short Survey

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