Definition of "hospitalists" [hospitalists]

• Plural form of hospitalist. (noun)

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• "Some primary care physicians choose to work in hospitals and are referred to as hospitalists, but the majority work in out-patient settings."
• "Doctors who specialize in the general care of hospital patients -- a relatively new category of doctors called "hospitalists" -- reduce the average hospital stay by 12%, but only modestly lower treatment costs, according to a new study."
• "Increasingly, a group of doctors called "hospitalists" - physicians, usually internists, that specialize in the care of hospitalized patients - are filling the void left by primary-care physicians who no longer do hospital rounds."