Hospitalists as a Staffing Innovation: Does it Impact Hospital Efficiency

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-7-2015

Publication Title

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health

Volume

2

Issue

2015

First page number:

1

Last page number:

8

Abstract

Background: The use of "hospitalists", a staffing innovation introduced in the US health care system in the mid-1990s, has grown rapidly in recent years. These hospital-based physicians have been found to be more efficient (reduced length of stay and costs) compared to their nonhospitalist counterparts. However, these studies have generally been conducted on single teaching or pediatric hospitals.

Keywords

hospitalists; staffing innovation; efficiency; costs; RN staffing

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