Hospitalist

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Hospitalists are "physicians who are employed to work exclusively in hospital settings, primarily for managed care organizations. They are the attending or primary responsible physician for the patient during hospitalization."^[1]

Hospitalists may provide more efficient care of patients in the hospital than primary care physicians.^[2]

References

1. ↑ National Library of Medicine (2008). Hospitalists. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
2. ↑ Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD (2007). "Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians". N. Engl. J. Med. 357 (25): 2589–600. DOI:10.1056/NEJMsa067735. PMID 18094379.