Co-management by generalist physicians rose by 11.4 percent each year from 2001-2006, and all of that growth was attributed to hospitalists.
Patients more likely to be co-managed were older, with more co-occurring illnesses and in hospitals that were mid-sized, non-teaching or for-profit.
Read the Archives of Internal Medicine’s study on surgery patients.
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