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'''Placement''' or '''placementology''' is the subspecialty once known as [[Hospitalist|hospital medicine]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/12/placement-medicine/ “Hospital Medicine” Renamed “Placement Medicine” (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/09/placement-hospitalists-perspective/ Placement: A Hospitalist’s Perspective (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/05/dramatic-code-placement/ Dramatic “Code Placement” Captured on Tape (Gomerblog)]</ref> '''Placement''' refers to the placing of patients somewhere else other than a hospital, whether it's a [[Nursing Home|nursing home]], [[Subacute Rehabilitation|subacute rehabilitation (SAR)]] or [[Skilled Nursing Facility|skilled nursing facility (SNF]], [[Acute Rehabilitation|acute rehabilitation]], or the moon.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/04/moon-placement/ Placement Tips: How to Place a Patient on the Moon (Gomerblog)]</ref> Hospitalists, alongside social workers, play a key role in '''placement''' since over 85% of hospitalizations are related to placement exacerbation.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/placement-exacerbation/ Patient Admitted for Placement Exacerbations (Gomerblog)]</ref> Placement exacerbations are very slow to resolve especially if uninsured and can be frequent, occurring as much as 12 times per year.