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- noun Plural form of
hospitalist .
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Examples
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Some primary care physicians choose to work in hospitals and are referred to as hospitalists, but the majority work in out-patient settings.
Helene Pavlov, M.D.: Should Tuition Be Free for Medical School? M.D. Helene Pavlov 2011
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Some primary care physicians choose to work in hospitals and are referred to as hospitalists, but the majority work in out-patient settings.
Helene Pavlov, M.D.: Should Tuition Be Free for Medical School? M.D. Helene Pavlov 2011
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Doctors who specialize in the general care of hospital patients -- a relatively new category of doctors called "hospitalists" -- reduce the average hospital stay by 12%, but only modestly lower treatment costs, according to a new study.
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Increasingly, a group of doctors called "hospitalists" - physicians, usually internists, that specialize in the care of hospitalized patients - are filling the void left by primary-care physicians who no longer do hospital rounds.
daytondailynews.com - News bsutherly@DaytonDailyNews.com 2010
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Increasingly, a group of doctors called "hospitalists" - physicians, usually internists, that specialize in the care of hospitalized patients - are filling the void left by primary-care physicians who no longer do hospital rounds.
daytondailynews.com - News bsutherly@DaytonDailyNews.com 2010
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One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorized as "hospitalists" - doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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GALVESTON, Texas -- One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorized as "hospitalists" -- doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care.
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One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorized as "hospitalists" - doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care.
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One solution gaining in popularity is to hire more nocturnists, a subset of the specialty group known as hospitalists -- physicians who work as full-time staff doctors with no outside patients.
Hospitals Move 2008
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The specialists, called hospitalists, are also supposed to improve quality by riding herd on the details of care, and I get more free time.
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