Is 80 the cost of saving lives? Reduced duty hours, errors, and cost

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 969-970

  Vidyarthi, Arpana ^a   Auerbach, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; TRAINING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 28444455991     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.051477.x     Document Type: Editorial

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