Early impact of the 2011 ACGME duty hour regulations on surgical outcomes

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1453-1461

  Scally, Christopher P ^a,b   Ryan, Andrew M ^a   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a   Gauger, Paul G ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORK SCHEDULE; ACCREDITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ACCREDITATION; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84947047253     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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