The effect of duty hour regulations on outcomes of neurological surgery in training hospitals in the United States: Duty hour regulations and patient outcomes - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-261

  Norby, Kiersten ^a   Siddiq, Farhan ^b   Adil, Malik M ^c   Haines, Stephen J ^b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGME residency regulations; Neurosurgery; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EDUCATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEW YORK; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905506342     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.4.JNS131191     Document Type: Article

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