The Background and Development of Hospital Medicine as a Specialty Globally: The Challenges of International Hospital Medicine

Guilerme Barcelos, Esteban Gandara, Vandad Yousefi, Felipe Lucena, Nin-Chieh Hsu, Theodora Valovska, Kevin Conrad. In Book: Clinical Approaches to Hospital Medicine, pp.271-283. 

Hospital Medicine has been well-established component of healthcare in other countries prior to its rapid expansion in the United States. Although there are similar characteristics, many differences exist. This chapter provides an external view of Hospital Medicine in the United States as well as an overview of programs in several countries.