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7206849

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Hospital-based primary care is expanding, yet the impact of the hospital setting on physician practice patterns and health care costs is unknown. This project compared the use of inpatient hospital resources between internists practicing in hospital-based and freestanding primary care clinics. All hospitalizations over a two-year period by internists in the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program--Oregon Region were analyzed ( n = 5,623). Organizational and financial incentives were uniform for all internists. Results indicate that hospital-based internists use inpatient resources differently from other internists. The former are more likely to hospitalize, but their patients are likely to have a shorter length of stay and fewer laboratory tests or consultations. On average, the hospital-based internists used 44 more hospital days for every 1,000 doctor office visits than did other internists, suggesting the policy makers need to consider the influence of the hospital setting on the level of inpatient utilization. Further research on the causality of this relationship and its generalizability appears a strong priority.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0025-7079
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
160-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of hospital-based primary care setting on internists' use of inpatient hospital resources.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.