| Title | Physician views on caring for hospitalized patients and the hospitalist model of inpatient care. | | Author(s) | Auerbach AD, Davis RB, Phillips RS | | Institution | Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0120, USA. ada@medicine.ucsf.edu | | Source | J Gen Intern Med 2001 Feb; 16(2):116-9. | | MeSH | Academic Medical Centers
Attitude of Health Personnel
Boston
Data Collection
Female
Hospitalists
Hospitalization
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical Staff, Hospital
Models, Organizational
Physician-Patient Relations
| | Abstract | We surveyed 241 board-certified internists affiliated with a large teaching hospital (Boston, Mass) before implementing a hospitalist service to determine attitudes towards providing inpatient care and the hospitalist model. Of physicians surveyed, 66% responded. Most disagreed that inpatient care is "an inefficient use of my time," only 10% felt a hospitalist service would improve patient satisfaction, and 54% felt it would hurt patient-doctor relationships. Multivariable analyses suggest that physicians physically furthest from their inpatient site were had more favorable attitudes toward the hospitalist model; more experienced and busier physicians were more negative. Future investigations should determine strategies for implementing the hospitalist model which address physicians' concerns. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 11251763 |
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