Comparison of Hospital Outcomes for Patients Treated by Allopathic Versus Osteopathic Hospitalists : An Observational Study.

Atsushi Miyawaki¹, Anupam B Jena², Nate Gross³, Yusuke Tsugawa⁴

¹Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, and Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (A.M.).

²Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts (A.B.J.).

³Doximity, San Francisco, California (N.G.).

⁴Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California (Y.T.).

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The United States has 2 types of degree programs that educate physicians: allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether quality and costs of care differ between hospitalized Medicare patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Medicare claims data. PATIENTS: 20% random sample of Medicare…

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