Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Interhospital transfer patients discharged by academic hospitalists and general internists: Characteristics and outcomes.
Prior work suggests interhospital transfer (IHT) may be a risky event. Outcomes for patients transferred from another acute care institution and discharged by hospitalists and general internists at academic health systems are not well described. ⋯ In this large national sample, IHT status is independently associated with inpatient mortality.