Association of part-time clinical work of hospitalists with efficiency and quality of care on medical wards: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians are increasingly interested in part-time employment. However, the impact of part-time work on efficiency and quality of care of inpatients is unknown.

Objectives

To investigate the association between part-time clinical work of hospitalists in General Internal Medicine (GIM) and resource utilisation and short-term patient outcomes.

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

GIM wards of 3 Swiss teaching hospitals.

Participants

Each inpatient was categorised as having received care mainly (>50%) by part-time or full-time hospitalists. Part-time clinical work was defined as employment of <100% as a clinician. We included 3557 cases cared for mainly by part-time and 4973 by full-time physicians.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

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SUBMITTER: Bretagne L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12336515 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature