Community Pediatric Hospitalist Workload: Results from a National Survey

Department

Pediatrics

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal Of Hospital Medicine

Abstract

As a newly recognized subspecialty, understanding programmatic models for pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) programs is vital to lay the groundwork for a sustainable field. Although variability has been described within university-based PHM programs, there remains no national benchmark for community-based PHM programs. In this report, we describe the workload, clinical services, employment, and perception of sustainability of 70 community-based PHM programs in 29 states through a survey of community site leaders. The median hours for a full-time hospitalist was 1,882 hours/year with those employed by community hospitals working 8% more hours/year and viewing appropriate morning pediatric census as 20% higher than those employed by university institutions. Forty-three out of 70 (63%) site leaders perceived their programs as sustainable, with no significant difference by employer structure. Future studies should further explore root causes for workload discrepancies between community and academic employed programs along with establishing potential standards for PHM program development.

First Page

682

Last Page

685

DOI

10.12788/jhm.3263

Volume

14

Issue

11

Publication Date

11-1-2019

Medical Subject Headings

Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Hospital Medicine; Hospitalists (statistics & numerical data); Hospitals, Community (statistics & numerical data); Hospitals, Pediatric (statistics & numerical data); Hospitals, University (statistics & numerical data); Humans; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; Workload (statistics & numerical data)

PubMed ID

31433774

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