The Ability of Patients to Correctly Identify Their Hospitalist on a Patient Satisfaction Survey and the Impact of This Factor on Hospitalist Scores.

Patient evaluations of their physician have been utilized to evaluate physician performance and calculate hospital reimbursement. Despite the routine use of these evaluations, little research has been done to evaluate the accuracy of these evaluations. We assessed patient's ability to correctly identify the hospitalist providing their care and whether identification of the hospitalist affected the cumulative satisfaction scores.