Why the study?
Has the proportion of inpatient care provided by hospitalists to older Medicare beneficiaries increased from 1995 to 2006?
Population
120,226 physicians in general internal medicine providing care to older patients in 5800 U.S. hospitals
Comparison
Care by hospitalists vs Care by traditional, non-hospital-based general…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1995 to 2006
Authors
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Trend toward hospitalist care in older Medicare patients merits outcome evaluation; leaves open net effects on quality and costs.
Has the proportion of inpatient care provided by hospitalists to older Medicare beneficiaries increased from 1995 to 2006?
There was a substantial increase in the care of hospitalized older Medicare patients by hospitalist physicians in the United States from 1995 to 2006.
Kuo et al. (2009) studied this question.