Fig. 2

Please choose what is the most important to you as a hospitalist. Respondents were asked to select each of the three items they thought were most important roles for hospitalist practice, ranking them first to third. Responses were scored by applying 3 points to the first ranked item, 2 points to the second, 1 point to the third, and 0 points for “not applicable.” This scoring method was created based on the Borda count. The most and least often identified as among the most important of each group are listed