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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 9/2019

16.07.2019 | Capsule Commentary

Capsule Commentary on van Walraven’s “The influence of inpatient physician continuity on hospital discharge”

verfasst von: David G. Paje, MD, MPH

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 9/2019

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As hospitals strive to reduce patients’ length of stay, it is necessary to identify factors that improve clinical efficiency and facilitate discharge. In this retrospective study, Carl van Walraven1 used patient-level data from admissions to the medical service of a large teaching hospital to determine if continuity of inpatient attending physician is associated with the probability that a patient will be discharged from the hospital on a given day. After adjusting for various confounders, he found that the likelihood of discharge increased as patients were followed by the same attending physician for more consecutive days. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Capsule Commentary on van Walraven’s “The influence of inpatient physician continuity on hospital discharge”
verfasst von
David G. Paje, MD, MPH
Publikationsdatum
16.07.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 9/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05145-w

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