The impact of hospitalist discontinuity on hospital cost, readmissions, and patient satisfaction

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1004-1008

  Turner, Jonathan ^a   Hansen, Luke ^b   Hinami, Keiki ^b   Christensen, Nicholas ^b   Peng, Jie ^b   Lee, Jungwha ^b   Williams, Mark V ^b   O'Leary, Kevin J ^b  

^a University Health Care System Augusta   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity of care; health care costs; health services research; hospital medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS INDEX; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; USUAL PROVIDER OF CONTINUITY INDEX; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84903890595     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2754-0     Document Type: Article

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