Why the study?
Does a hospitalist program improve hospital economics and throughput in patients admitted to a general medical unit?
Population
Patients admitted to the general medical unit of Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston.
Comparison
Hospitalist program. vs Patients admitted to the unit in the same period…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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Hospitalist programs may enhance throughput and lower costs in general medical units; leaves open questions of causality and generalizability without randomized confirmation.
Does a hospitalist program improve hospital economics and throughput in patients admitted to a general medical unit?
A hospitalist program significantly reduces length of stay and total hospital costs per admission, with economic viability heavily dependent on throughput improvements and reimbursement methods.
Gregory et al. (2003) studied this question.
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