The European working time directive: An uncontrolled experiment in medical care and education

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-448

  Axelrod, Lloyd ^a   Shah, Deep J ^a   Jena, Anupam B ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Health Care Policy   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84873256669     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.148065     Document Type: Short Survey

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