POINT: Does the United States Need More Intensivist Physicians? Yes Bruce L. Davidson, MD, MPH, FCCP  CHEST  Volume 149, Issue 3, Pages 621-625 (March 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2015.11.030 Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 One dominant institution critical care department collects 23.5% of clinical revenues from its hospitalist business in outlying hospitals. Pulmonary-critical care medicine practitioners in those hospitals now have to travel to further outlying hospitals and long-term acute care hospitals to replace revenue for clinical service siphoned off by the mother institution’s hospitalist business. The hospitalists “have the best [shortest] length of stay metrics” and “will be leaders in all aspects of hospital operations including infection control, workflow, patient satisfaction, and resource management.” (https://www.ccm.pitt.edu/clinical; and https://www.ccm.pitt.edu/hospitalist-division; accessed May 23. 2015) CHEST 2016 149, 621-625DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2015.11.030) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions