Daniel J Elliott, Robert S Young, Joanne Brice, Ruth Aguiar, Paul Kolm
IMPORTANCE: Hospitalist physicians face increasing pressure to maximize productivity, which may undermine the efficiency and quality of care. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between hospitalist workload and the efficiency and quality of inpatient care. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 20,241 admissions of inpatients cared for by a private hospitalist group at a large academic community hospital system between February 1, 2008, and January 31, 2011...
May 2014: JAMA Internal Medicine