Medical College of Wisconsin

Decreasing resident work hours has no effect on mortality

Published in Law and Health Weekly, January 1st, 2005

A systematic review of current studies that evaluated the impact of reducing resident work hours on patient safety found that decreasing resident fatigue by limiting the number of hours worked did not affect mortality rates.

The study led by Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD, assistant professor of general internal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and clinician/researcher at the VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, found conflicting results from the many interventions that have been tried to reduce resident work hours. The researchers showed that while some interventions probably do result in safe care, others likely do not, and some may even result in harm. The study...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2005-01-01)

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