Zero to 50,000-the 20th anniversary of the hospitalist

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1009-1011

  Wachter, Robert M ^a   Goldman, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; SPECIALIZATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988362516     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1607958     Document Type: Review

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