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Volume 358:1755-1758 April 17, 2008 Number 16
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Outcomes of Care by Hospitalists

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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 . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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