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Sagar U. Nigwekar, MD; Jay Rajda, MD; Sankar D. Navaneethan, MD, MPH

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We read with interest the article by Southern and colleagues¹ comparing length of stay (LOS) between the hospitalist and nonhospitalist models of care. Hospitalist care was associated with shorter LOS, especially in patients requiring closer monitoring and complex discharge planning. Hospitalists are increasingly participating in medical management of surgical conditions such as urgent hip fracture repair. However, studies looking at the effectiveness of hospitalist involvement in patients with hip fracture have produced variable results.^2-4 We aimed to systematically review the studies comparing the hospitalist and the nonhospitalist models of care for patients undergoing hip fracture repair.

We searched MEDLINE, Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library for relevant studies. Two reviewers independently identified relevant trials and abstracted data on the following outcomes: time to consultation (defined as the length of time from request . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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