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... > contexts > named groups > persons > occupational groups > health personnel > physicians > hospitalists
... > contexts > named groups > persons > occupational groups > health personnel > medical staff > medical staff, hospital > hospitalists
... > contexts > named groups > persons > occupational groups > health personnel > personnel, hospital > medical staff, hospital > hospitalists

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hospitalists  

Definition(s)

  • Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients and who provide continuity of hospital care from admission to discharge, often seeing patients in the emergency room and organizing post-acute care. The term hospitalists was first coined in 1996. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Hospitalists]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T26F7X9F-M

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