"July effect": Impact of the academic year-end changeover on patient outcomes

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 309-315

  Young, John Q ^a   Ranji, Sumant R ^a   Wachter, Robert M ^a   Lee, Connie M ^a   Niehaus, Brian ^a   Auerbach, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 80052500623     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-5-201109060-00354     Document Type: Review

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