Impact of hospitalist care model on patient outcomes in acute medical unit: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess a newly introduced, hospitalist-run, acute medical unit (AMU) care model at a tertiary care hospital in the Republic of Korea.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary care hospital in the Republic of Korea.

Participants

We evaluated 6391 medical inpatients admitted through the emergency department (ED) from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017.

Interventions

The study compared multiple outcomes among medical inpatients from the ED between the non-hospitalist group and the AMU hospitalist group.

Outcome measures

In-hospital mortality (IHM), intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate, hospital length of stay (LOS), ED-LOS and unscheduled readmission rates were defined as patient outcomes and compared between the two groups.

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SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature