Duty-hour limits and patient care and resident outcomes: can high-quality studies offer insight into complex relationships?

Ingrid Philibert; Thomas J Nasca; Timothy Brigham; Jane Shapiro

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Duty-hour limits and patient care and resident outcomes: can high-quality studies offer insight into complex relationships?

May 22, 2013

Philibert I, Nasca TJ, Brigham T, et al. Annu Rev Med. 2013;64:467-83.

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This review of high-quality studies found evidence for improved resident sleep hygiene and decreased burnout after restriction of duty hours, but no improvement in educational or patient safety outcomes.

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