{"title":"Hospitalists may spur return to global capitation.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The steady increase in the use of hospitalists by health plans, hospitals, and physician groups will spur a return to global capitation contracts, predicts one expert. Find out how capitated groups are using inpatient physicians to cut utilization and boost efficiency for client hospitals, making capitation a much more attractive proposition.</p>","PeriodicalId":79817,"journal":{"name":"Capitation management report","volume":"11 5","pages":"53-6, 49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Capitation management report","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The steady increase in the use of hospitalists by health plans, hospitals, and physician groups will spur a return to global capitation contracts, predicts one expert. Find out how capitated groups are using inpatient physicians to cut utilization and boost efficiency for client hospitals, making capitation a much more attractive proposition.