Introduction: A medical home is a patient-centered, multifaceted source of personal primary
health care. It is based on a relationship between the patient and physician, formed to …

There is now a plethora of different quality improvement strategies (QIS) for optimizing
health care, some clinician/patient driven, others manager/policy‐maker driven. Which of …

BACKGROUND: The trends in hospitalization rates and risk factors for severe bronchiolitis
have not been recently described, especially after the routine implementation of prophylaxis …

Importance Hospitalist physicians face increasing pressure to maximize productivity, which
may undermine the efficiency and quality of care. Objective To determine the association …

Background National and population-based information on the increase in patient care by
hospitalists in the United States is lacking. Methods Using a 5% sample of Medicare …

Context: Hospital‐physician relationships (HPRs) are an important area of academic
research, given their impact on hospitals' financial success. HPRs also are at the center of …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. To evaluate the relationship between
early physical therapy (PT) for acute low back pain and subsequent use of lumbosacral …

The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the USA continues to grow.
Although progress has been made in the the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and …

One-quarter of practicing physicians in the United States are graduates of international
medical schools. The quality of care provided by doctors educated abroad has been the …

Background and Purpose—Risk-standardized hospital readmission rates are used as
publicly reported measures reflecting quality of care. Valid risk-standardized models adjust …