Associations between hospitalist physician workload, length of stay, and return to the hospital
Djulbegovic M, Chen K, Cohen AB, Heacock D, Canavan M, Cushing W, Agarwal R, Simonov M, Chaudhry SI. Associations between hospitalist physician workload, length of stay, and return to the hospital. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2022, 17: 445-455. PMID: 35662410, PMCID: PMC9248905, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.12847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayEmergency departmentPhysician workloadYale-New Haven HospitalMedian patient ageSeverity of illnessElectronic health record dataNumber of patientsHealth record dataWeekend admissionHospital daysPatient ageClinical outcomesObservational studyHospitalist serviceMAIN OUTCOMEPatient complexityHospitalist workloadSociodemographic factorsPatient encountersPatientsLogistic regressionMultilevel PoissonRecord dataOutcomesGuardianship Before and Following Hospitalization
Moye J, Cohen AB, Stolzmann K, Auguste EJ, Catlin CC, Sager ZS, Weiskittle RE, Woolverton CB, Connors HL, Sullivan JL. Guardianship Before and Following Hospitalization. HEC Forum 2022, 35: 271-292. PMID: 35072897, PMCID: PMC10281591, DOI: 10.1007/s10730-022-09469-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHospital lengthComparison groupDate of admissionVeterans Healthcare AdministrationRetrospective cohortMedical complicationsCourt-appointed guardianNeuropsychiatric comorbiditiesUnnecessary hospitalizationStayPatientsEthics CommitteeMean lengthComorbiditiesHospitalizationGuardianship statusAppointmentsHealthcare administrationSeparate analysisGroupDaysPersonsGuardiansComplications