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Does implementation of a hospitalist program in a Canadian community hospital improve measures of quality of care and utilization? an observational comparative analysis of hospitalists vs. traditional care providers

BACKGROUND: Despite the growth of hospitalist programs in Canada, little is known about their effectiveness for improving quality of care and use of scarce healthcare resources. The objective of this study is to compare measures of cost and quality of care (in-hospital mortality, 30-day same-facilit...

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Autores principales: Yousefi, Vandad, Chong, Christopher AKY
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3702419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23734931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-204