UTMB study shows dramatic growth in number of hospitalists
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 08:14
in Health & Medicine
One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorised as 'hospitalists' - doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care. But while observers of medical trends knew that the number of hospitalists was rising, there was no national or population-based data on hospitalist care...