Association of hospitalist care with medical utilization after discharge: evidence of cost shift from a cohort study.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on August 02, 2011

Authors

Yong-Fang Kuo1, James S Goodwin

Author Affiliations

1: Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0177, USA. yokuo@utmb.edu

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