Family Medicine Patients Have Shorter Length of Stay When Cared for on a Family Medicine Inpatient Service.

Gregory M GarrisonRachel L KeusemanChristopher L BoswellJennifer L HornNathaniel T NielsenMegan L Nielsen

Published in: Journal of primary care & community health (2020)

Local primary care patients were safely discharged from the hospital sooner on the family medicine inpatient service than on general medicine inpatient services. This is likely because the family physicians staffing their inpatient service are more familiar with outpatient resources that can be effectively marshaled to help local patients with the transition from hospital to home.

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