Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$656,488.00

Award Date

9/02/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Starting in the 1990's, some physicians began to devote all of their time to the care of hospitalized patients. They are referred to as hospitalists. Our preliminary data suggest a rapid growth in the number of hospitalized older patients cared for nation