Residency work-hours reform: A cost analysis including preventable adverse events

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 873-878

  Nuckols, Teryl K ^a,b   Escarce, José J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Decision analysis; Graduate medical education (GME); Injury prevention; Quality performance improvement; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 28444433055     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0133.x     Document Type: Article

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