Do Regulations Limiting Residents' Work Hours Affect Patient Mortality?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Howard, David L ^a,b   Silber, Jeffery H ^c,d   Jobes, David R ^c,d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Regulations; Resident; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1242292237     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30336.x     Document Type: Article

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