Erschienen in:
01.05.2010 | Editorial
Exploring the Potential Causes of the Emergence of Hospitalists: Chicken vs. Egg
verfasst von:
Luci Leykum, MD, MBA, MSc, Eric Mortensen, MD, MSc, FACP ALMD/UTHSCSA
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2010
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Excerpt
With the introduction of the term “hospitalist” by Wachter and Goldman
1 in 1996 hospital medicine has expanded exponentially
2,
3. Since that time the odds that an inpatient would receive care from a hospitalist, rather than their primary care physician, has grown by almost 30% per year
2. In 2006 a study of Medicare recipients revealed that almost 20% of all general internists identified themselves as hospitalists
2. The literature has described the trajectory of this growth
1‐
3 and its impact on the quality of care received
3‐
5 in considerable detail. However, data related to the forces behind this growth has been much less plentiful
6,
7. …