Most hospitalists in 2013 had the same practice type five years later; rate of retention similar for early-career, more senior physicians<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Newly certified general internists mainly choose hospital medicine as their career path, according to a study published online May 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Bradley M. Gray, Ph.D., from the American Board of Internal Medicine in Philadelphia, and colleagues measured changes in practice setting for general internists. A total of 67,902 general internists, comprising 80 percent of all internists certified from 1990 to 2017, were studied.<\/p>\n The researchers found that both hospitalists and outpatient-only physicians increased as percentages of general internists from 2008 to 2018 (25 to 40 percent and 23 to 38 percent, respectively). This increase was accompanied by a decline from 52 to 23 percent in the percentage of mixed-practice physicians, as these physicians mainly migrated to outpatient-only practice. By 2018, 71 and 8 percent of newly certified general internists practiced as hospitalists and outpatient-only physicians, respectively. Eighty-six percent of hospitalists in 2013 had the same practice type five years later. This rate of retention was similar across early-career and more senior physicians (85 and 86 percent for those initially certified in 1999 and 2012, respectively) and for the outpatient-only practice type (95 percent); the retention rate was 57 percent for the mixed-practice type.<\/p>\n “The percentage of newly certified general internists electing to focus on hospital medicine increased substantially from 2008 to 2018,” the authors write. “Our findings suggest that this is not a temporary choice but reflects a more permanent career decision.”<\/p>\n Abstract\/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/i><\/p>\n