Outcomes of Care by Hospitalists

To the Editor: The article by Lindenauer and colleagues (Dec. 20 issue) 1 compares the outcomes of care by hospitalists with the outcomes of traditional models of care. As physicians who have practiced both as hospitalists and as primary care physicians, we believe that the authors failed to conside...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 358; no. 16; pp. 1755 - 1758
Main Authors Al-Shaer, Moutasim H, Suleiman, Ehab S, Jerome, William P, Chu, Eugene S, Albert, Richard K, Wei, Ming, van Amerongen, Derek, Lindenauer, Peter K, Rothberg, Michael B, Auerbach, Andrew D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 17.04.2008
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Clinical Competence
Hospitalists
Humans
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Satisfaction
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Physicians, Family
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Summary:To the Editor: The article by Lindenauer and colleagues (Dec. 20 issue) 1 compares the outcomes of care by hospitalists with the outcomes of traditional models of care. As physicians who have practiced both as hospitalists and as primary care physicians, we believe that the authors failed to consider other pivotal variables. First, hospitalists are employed by either the hospital or a private contracting company; this variable affects both the number of admissions and their appropriateness. Second, the authors did not compare physician experience and the rate of consultations per case when comparing hospitalist and traditional practice models. Third, sample homogeneity . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc080089