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Hospitalist Care May Modestly Reduce Length of Hospital Stay
Link ID 1781
Title Hospitalist Care May Modestly Reduce Length of Hospital Stay
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567778?src=rss
Description In a retrospective cohort study, hospitalist care was modestly less expensive than general internist care, but it provided no significant savings vs care provided by family physicians. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date Dec 21, 2007
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