Morbidity in surgery: Impact of the 50-hour workweek limitation in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kaderli, Reto ^a   Businger, Adrian ^b   Oesch, Antoine ^a   Stefenelli, Ulrich ^c   Laffer, Urban ^a  

^a Spitalzentrum Biel AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Services in Statistics   (Germany)

Author keywords

50 hour work week limitation; Morbidity; Mortality; Residents; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWITZERLAND; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; BURNOUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWITZERLAND; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856790634     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13506     Document Type: Article

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