Improved Inpatient Care through Greater Patient-Doctor Contact under the Hospitalist Management Approach: A Real-Time Assessment.

ABSTRACT: To examine the difference between hospitalist and non-hospitalist frequency of patient-doctor contact, duration of contact, cumulative contact time, and the amount of time taken by the doctor to resolve an issue in response to a medical call. Research Design and Measures: Data from 18 facilities and 36 wards (18 hospitalist wards and 18 non-hospitalist wards) were collected. The patient-doctor contact slip and medical call response slips were given to each inpatient ward to record. A total of 28,926 contacts occurred with 2990 patients, and a total of 8435 medical call responses occurred with 3329 patients. Multivariate logistic regression analyses and regression analyses were used for statistical analyses. The average frequency of patient-doctor contact during a hospital stay was 10.0 tim

SUBMITTER: Chae W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8198090 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature