What is the difference between an attending physician and an admitting physician.?

Answer 1

Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident (also called a house officer / senior house officer in the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries) is a person who has received a medical degree (MD, DO, MBBS, MBChB) and who practices medicine under the supervision of fully licensed physicians, usually in a hospital or clinic.

In the United States, an attending physician (also known as an attending, or staff physician) is a physician who has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, in the specialty learned during residency. An attending physician can supervise fellows, residents and medical students. Attending physicians may also have an academic title at an affiliated university such as "professor"

Answer 2

admitting physician: The physician who arranged for The patient's admission to the hospital but who does not necessarily have control over the patient's care

attending physician: The physician in charge of the patient's care; this physician may or may not be the physician who admitted the patient to the hospital.

Answer 3

Attending physicians are "in the area" just in case something happens, such as in a prison. Consulting physicians take appointments with specific patients. Admitting physicians are like those in the hospitals who just wait for the next injured or sick patient to be rushed in.