Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety.

Kathlyn E. Fletcher; Steven Q. Davis; Willie Underwood; Rajesh S. Mangrulkar; Laurence F. McMahon; Sanjay Saint

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Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety.

September 28, 2005

Fletcher KE, Davis SQ, Underwood W, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(11):851-857.

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The authors reviewed seven studies relating to the ACGME work hour limits and found that the research was not robust enough to reveal whether these changes directly improve patient safety.

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