Table 3.
Summary statistics of the 65 comparative evaluations on hospitalist performance
| Study characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Study participants (n = 62) | |
| Median | 1,630 |
| Mean | 10,272.1 |
| Range | 45 to 314,590 |
| Hospitalist physicians (n = 51) | |
| Mean | 15.4 |
| Median | 6 |
| Range | 1 to 284 |
| Nonhospitalist physicians (n = 37) | |
| Mean | 156.5 |
| Median | 46 |
| Range | 1 to 1,964 |
| Number of outcomes studied | |
| Median | 4 |
| Mean | 4.7 |
| Range | 1 to 17 |
| Study quality score (maximum = 32) | |
| Median | 15 |
| Mean | 14.9 |
| Range | 5 to 26 |
| Significant improvement by hospitalists on ≥1 quality indicator, n (%) | |
| No improvement or worse performance | 16 (24.6) |
| Better quality on ≥1 indicator | 46 (70.8) |
| Unknown/significance not reported | 3 (4.6) |