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Hospitalists care only for hospitalized patients. Do they confer any benefit over internists?

1996
Year that the term hospitalist was coined in the New England Journal of Medicine by Robert M. Wachter and Lee Goldman to describe a doctor who treats only hospitalized patients and who, unlike specialists in the ER or critical care units, manages patients throughout their hospital stay

0
Training other than a residency required to become a hospitalist

12,000
Estimated number of hospitalists practicing in the
United States

55
Percentage of hospitals with more than 200 beds and at least one hospitalist on staff

$191,4361
Median 2007 salary for a hospitalist

$166,420
Median 2007 salary for a general internist

9.6
Median number of hours a patient’s hospital stay is reduced when cared for by a hospitalist

$268
Median reduction in cost for a patient cared for by a hospitalist vs. one seen by a general internist

0
Statistically significant difference in deaths among patients cared for by hospitalists vs. patients cared for by internists and family doctors, according to a recent New England Journal of Medicine study

0
Statistically significant difference in readmission rates among patients cared for by hospitalists vs. patients cared for by internists and family doctors