Clinical Pediatrics and Medicine

Hospitalists: Categorization

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From the time of inception hospitalists have emerged as a fast growing group of physicians in the United States. Reports suggest that in almost 30% hospitals, wherein 55% hospitals consist beds equal to 200 or more, have hospitalists as their medical staffs. Presently, more than 12,000 hospitalists are practicing in the United States. With time if this hospitalist model continues to have expansion at the present rate, the number of hospitalists will eventually rise to 30,000 in the United States by 2019. With its success rate appreciably rising hospitalist programs are adopted in several countries outside North America, including Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Spain, Sweden, and Singapore.