Co-management between hospitalist and hepatologist improves the quality of care of inpatients with chronic liver disease.

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Published in J Clin Gastroenterol on April 01, 2014

Authors

Archita P Desai1, Rohit Satoskar, Anoop Appannagari, K Gautham Reddy, Helen S Te, Nancy Reau, David O Meltzer, Donald Jensen

Author Affiliations

1: *Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine §Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Center for Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine ∥Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL †Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC ‡Section of Hospital Medicine, North Shore University Health System, Evanston, IL.

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