Table 3 |
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Summary statistics of the 65 comparative evaluations on hospitalist performance |
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Study characteristics |
Value |
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Study participants (n = 62) |
|
|
Median |
1,630 |
|
Mean |
10,272.1 |
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Range |
45 to 314,590 |
|
Hospitalist physicians (n = 51) |
|
|
Mean |
15.4 |
|
Median |
6 |
|
Range |
1 to 284 |
|
Nonhospitalist physicians (n = 37) |
|
|
Mean |
156.5 |
|
Median |
46 |
|
Range |
1 to 1,964 |
|
Number of outcomes studied |
|
|
Median |
4 |
|
Mean |
4.7 |
|
Range |
1 to 17 |
|
Study quality score (maximum = 32) |
|
|
Median |
15 |
|
Mean |
14.9 |
|
Range |
5 to 26 |
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Significant improvement by hospitalists on ≥1 quality indicator, n (%) |
|
|
No improvement or worse performance |
16 (24.6) |
|
Better quality on ≥1 indicator |
46 (70.8) |
|
Unknown/significance not reported |
3 (4.6) |
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White and Glazier BMC Medicine 2011 9:58 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-9-58 |
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