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AAP Grand Rounds 13:66 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

YOUNG PHYSICIANS

Physicians’ Attitudes Regarding Pediatric Hospitalist Systems

Source: Srivastava R, Norlin C, James B, et al. Community and hospital-based physicians’ attitudes regarding pediatric hospitalist systems. Pediatrics. 2005;115:34–38.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Pediatric hospitalist systems are being widely adopted in academic pediatric centers across the United States and Canada. Prior studies have assessed their effect on length of stay and hospital costs1–3 (see also this issue of AAP Grand Rounds). The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey of all physicians with admitting privileges (excluding surgeons, anesthesiologists, and radiologists) at a tertiary-care pediatric teaching hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, in April 2002. The study evaluated community- and hospital-based physicians’ attitudes regarding inpatient care, to determine their views of hospitalist systems and to identify predictors of positive and negative attitudes . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Theresa T.H. Nguyen, MD, MS, FAAP
Pediatrics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

 





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