Mortality Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries in the First 2 Years Following ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform
JAMAPublished 4 September 2007
Kevin G. Volpp, Amy K. Rosen, Paul R. Rosenbaum, Patrick S. Romano, Orit Even‐Shoshan, Yanli Wang
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The ACGME duty hour reform was not associated with either significant worsening or improvement in mortality for Medicare patients in the first 2 years after implementation.
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The ACGME duty hour reform was not associated with either significant worsening or improvement in mortality for Medicare patients in the first 2 years after implementation.
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