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Vancomycin and fidaxomicin taper regimens were the most common treatment strategies employed but nearly half of patients (40/83) referred to our infection (CDI) clinic did not require further treatment. The overall 60-day CDI recurrence rate was 16.9% (11/65).

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Background: Academic medical centers have expanded their inpatient medicine services with advanced practice clinicians (APCs) or nonteaching hospitalists in response to patient volumes, residency work hour restrictions, and recently, COVID-19. Reports of clinical outcomes, cost, and resource utilization differ among inpatient team structures.

Objective: Directly compare outcomes among resident, APC, and solo hospitalist inpatient general medicine teams.

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