Does resident hours reduction have an impact on surgical outcomes?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-171

  Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^a   Itani, Kamal M F ^a,b   Petersen, Laura A ^a   Thornby, John ^a   Berger, David H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ACGME; NSQIP; Quality of care; Resident; Surgical outcomes; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKING TIME;

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 20344391670     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.12.024     Document Type: Article

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