What price admitting privileges?: a study of hospital admissions by two family physicians.

A study of admissions to an acute care hospital by two family physicians for the years 1967 and 1971 made special reference to the relationship of the hospital work to the total practice workload and morbidity, and to the fact that during the study period the principle hospital used became an active teaching facility with junior hospital staff.We found an increased rate of admission in 1971, following national and local trends. The average length of stay per patient was higher than the hospital average, excluding pregnancy-related admissions. The length of stay and the number of consultations per admission increased when junior hospital staff were involved.