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Jeffrey J. Glasheen, MD; Kenneth Richard Epstein, MD; Eric Siegal, MD; Jean S. Kutner, MD; Allan V. Prochazka, MD, MSc

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The field of hospital medicine is growing rapidly, with a projected workforce approaching 30 000.^1-3 While approximately 85% of hospitalists are internal medicine (IM) trained,⁴ very few IM residency training programs offer focused training in hospital medicine. Plauth and colleagues¹ have described a training mismatch for IM-trained hospitalists in geriatrics, palliative care, neurology, and perioperative and consultative medicine. Arora et al⁵ suggest that a "training practice gap" may exist in hospital medicine and called for training to more accurately reflect the clinical practice of hospital medicine. To address the magnitude of this gap, we assessed the spectrum of diagnoses encountered and the manner of involvement of hospitalists practicing in a large community-based hospitalist group.

We reviewed the billing database of IPC–The Hospitalist Company, North Hollywood, Calif, from August 1, 2003, to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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