Effect of the ACGME 16-hour rule on efficiency and quality of care: Duty hours 2.0

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 819-821

  Choma, Neesha N ^a   Vasilevskis, Eduard E ^a   Sponsler, Kelly C ^a,b   Hathaway, Jacob ^a   Kripalani, Sunil ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84877734373     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3014     Document Type: Article

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