Compared to hospitalists, primary care physicians are more likely to feel medication interventions for inpatients are appropriate, according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Researchers administered a survey to hospitalists and hospital-based primary care physicians at three academic medical centers in Boston analyzing physician attitudes on inpatient medication interventions.
The survey found 64.1 percent of primary care physicians viewed inpatient interventions as appropriate, while 52.1 percent of hospitalists shared the same view.
Additionally, physicians were more likely to view an inpatient medication intervention as appropriate if the intervention was related to the reason for admission (78.9 percent) than if the intervention was unrelated to the reason for admission (38.8 percent).
"Our results suggest that opportunities for meaningful medical interventions may be underutilized in current systems that adhere to a strict dichotomy of inpatient and outpatient roles," wrote the researchers.
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